Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson has settled a campaign-finance matter with the State’s Attorney general. “This agreement should ensure that Sen. Wilkerson and her campaign committee are and will be accountable in the future,” Coakley said in a statement. “Sen. Wilkerson has agreed to an array of extensive public reporting and OCPF oversight measures that […]
Month: August 2008
Civil Liberties Examiner
I came across this interesting post at Examiner.com discussing the Supreme Court’s recent campaign finance opinions. So recent decisions by the Supreme Court moving — however incrementally — to favor the First Amendment at the expense of phony “reform” is welcome to anybody who cares about free speech. Courting the public and suffering heckling from […]
New EAC Nominee
President Bush has nominated Gineen Bresso Beach to fill a vacancy on the Election Assistance Commission.