Orange County, Florida passed the “the strongest ethics ordinance in the state of Florida.” Orange County commissioners unanimously approved ethics and campaign-finance reforms late Tuesday — a package that some residents and government watchdog groups complained didn’t go far enough.
Day: July 10, 2008
New York Funding Effort
B. Thomas Golisano’s political efforts in New York are discussed in this article. Election lawyers, speaking privately, said Golisano is skating on thin legal ice. A donor is limited to $150,000 in political contributions in a year. But Golisano is establishing an entity entirely funded with his own money and is not authorized by any […]
Limits in Aurora
The Aurora, Illinois City Council is considering campaign finance limits. Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns put her foot on the accelerator Tuesday in an effort to get the full City Council debating campaign-finance reform in Aurora. After two meetings of the Government Operations Committee Burns leads, the 7th Ward alderman called for a special session on Friday […]