Jackson campaign spokesman Richard Fife criticized Alcantara for taking money from someone «who has sought to obstruct President Obama at every turn» and said the donation shows the need to «
pass real campaign finance reform.»
If there's one takeaway from this election, it is that we
need real campaign finance reform in this country, and we need to elect leaders who have dedicated themselves to getting corporate money out of our electoral process.»
«I am running because we need universal health care, we need to ensure a quality education for every child, and we need to
create real campaign finance reform on the state level,» Brezler wrote in the email.
Flanagan pointed specifically to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's unique attempt to help Democrats raise money in 2014, which has been the subject of a criminal referral and a legislative response, as something that would need to be addressed in order to «
achieve real campaign finance reform and target corruption.»
«Those elected as Democrats should respect voters» clearly expressed intent and sit with the Democratic Conference to implement important progressive goals like standing up for women's health,
passing real campaign finance reform, raising the minimum wage and enacting common sense gun laws,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
Government reform groups say it's another sign that the pilot program for one race in the 2014 election cycle was designed to fail, and that politicians in New York are not yet serious
about real campaign finance reforms.
In a statement obtained by CapTon, Koppell said Biaggi's election «will send a powerful message and take us one step closer to the progressive Democratic majority we deserve — one that passes stronger rent laws, the Dream Act,
real campaign finance reform, and the Reproductive Health Act to firmly protect a woman's right to choose in New York.»
«To clarify any confusion, we wish to make clear our belief that public financing would be an indispensable part of
any real campaign finance reform legislation,» they said in a joint statement.
That would be
real campaign finance reform, instead of throwing tax dollars at politicians.»
And it's probably not going to happen until we have
real campaign finance reform and get rid of all these superpacs, and the power of the insurance companies and the drug companies.
«The time is now for Governor Cuomo and lawmakers to make good on what they failed to do last time — pass
real campaign finance reform and get money out of politics in this state for good,» said Samuels.
«Over the past two months, no one had worked harder to pass
real campaign finance reform than my colleagues and I in the IDC.
This is evil and underlies why Flanagan will not allow
a real campaign finance reform bill to come before Senators.
«We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to push a number of issues that are important to him but have been blocked by the Senate Republicans including raising the minimum wage,
real campaign finance reform and passing common sense gun control measures like microstamping,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
«With Brighter Future, I also hope to demonstrate a commitment to
real campaign finance reform,» Jolly said.
It's time to pass
real campaign finance reform that eliminates the strangle hold that lobbyists and special interests have on our politicians.