Day: August 7, 2008

Contributions and Public Buildings

Based on this article, there seems to be “controlling legal authority” in Massachusetts that accepting campaign contributions in public buildings might be problematic. A letter from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance dated July 23 and addressed to Jennifer Benson, Democratic candidate for the 37th Middlesex district, states that her campaign broke the law […]

LD-203 Data

CQ Today Online News provides an interesting report based on data required to be disclosed by lobbyists on the new LD-203. Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen said his organization has tried to track lobbying contributions in the past, but only now with the aid of the new reporting requirements, will it be […]