Friday the 13th political law links

GOOD MORNING AND BEFORE WE TURN TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING.  Welcome to another edition of your daily dose of political law.  Every weekday I collect and prepare a set of links to stories, reports, press releases, and other online resources geared to the political law practitioner.   The links, to media and interest groups across the political spectrum, are sent by email to those who’ve signed up (click on the link in the sidebar to subscribe) or you can stop by www.PoliticalActivityLaw.com at any time to see the latest links, search the archives, or check my list of political law news and research resources.  Are you on Twitter?  You can also access links to all my posts there (follow me and I’ll follow back). I’m happy to connect on LinkedIn, too.

To be blunt, my links aren’t for everybody.  If you’ve found this site, you’re in a select tribe of people focused on local, state, and federal political law, rules regulating political activity, money in politics, and laws governing lobbying and gifts to officeholders and government executives.  My site’s been running since 2008 and I’m pleased to see the huge growth in interest in political law since then.  My number of subscribers and followers has grown with this increased focus on political law.  What does the future hold?  That’s another feature of this area of interest; change is constant.  I look forward to sharing the latest news about this ever-changing landscape.

I’m truly grateful for your interest.  Thanks again for reading and have a great weekend.

LEARNING FROM NORWAY.  PolicyMic.  “But the simple version is that European republics (with the bizarre exception of Finland, whose campaign finance laws are nearly identical to ours) have found two major ways to control their campaigns: limiting contributions and limiting spending.”

MONSTER UNDER THE BED.  Breitbart.  “Today’s effort to amend the Constitution will almost definitely fail. But tomorrow’s may not. If you value the right to speak your mind and to try to convince others to change theirs—which is the very heart of a free society—now would be a good time to start making yourself heard.”

CT:  VIEW ON DGA CASE.  Courant.  “The DGA wants to spend a lot of money in support of the governor’s re-election campaign while having the governor fundraise for it. State law frowns on this, for good reason. The DGA’s lawsuit challenged that law.”

MD:  DANCING AROUND ETHICS.  Balt. Sun.  “The Baltimore County school board ethics panel has ruled that Superintendent Dallas Dance violated rules when he took a consulting job with a professional development company that does business with the school system.”

PA:  QUESTIONS ON DONATION.  Morning Call.  “State law forbids casino owners and key managers from donating to statewide candidates, executive-level employees and political groups like the RGA.”

RI:  ETHICS OK.  Providence Journal.  “The Rhode Island Senate Thursday approved a bill that would put to the voters a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would restore Ethics Commission jurisdiction over state lawmakers.”

TX:  PHONE CALL QUESTIONS.  KVIA.  “The complaint, being reviewed by the Texas Ethics Commission, revolves around automated phone calls voters received in January, when Escobar was running for County Judge.”

WA:  VIEW ON LOBBYING REFORM.  Columbian.  “One idea would have lawmakers file a public report when lobbyists treat them to meals or drinks costing as little as $5. Another idea would limit free meals to three or five per year. And another would deduct the cost of any bought-for meals from the legislator’s per diem — which is increasing to $120 next year.”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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