The Daily News’ blog covers public financing efforts in New York. The Campaign Finance Reform Act passed the Democrat-dominated Assembly, but not the GOP-controlled Senate. The WFP [Working Families Party] is trying to drum up support with an on-line petition, noting that if the Senate Democrats take control this fall, the bill “has a good […]
Month: July 2008
Robocall Regulation
The Times discusses robocalls. More companies are buying automated dialers, or contracting with call centers to do the work, because the price per call has fallen to as low as half a cent, from 25 cents in the 1980s, said Paul Kowal, an industry consultant. Dialers can call thousands of phone numbers in seconds. The […]
Lobbyist Disclosure, Clark County, NV
The Las Vegas Sun covers lobbying in Clark County, Nevada. On more than 170 occasions this year, lobbyists failed to file disclosure forms when they visited Clark County commissioners, leaving the public in the dark about what issues they were pushing and on whose behalf. The failures expose flaws in the disclosure policy — and […]