The Socialist Workers Party filed a renewed request for an exemption from Federal Election Commission disclsoure rules, according to this Militant report. The party’s exemption request is part of the fight of workers, farmers, and their organizations to be able to engage in political activity, including election campaigns, free from government, boss, and right-wing spying […]
Day: November 14, 2008
“Shakedown Schemes” and State Business?
A not guilty plea was entered in an Illinois case involving Tony Rezko, according to this report. [William] Cellini is accused of conspiring with Rezko and Stuart Levine, then a state pension fund board member, to shake down Thomas Rosenberg, a Chicago businessman who had become a Hollywood producer and was seeking to handle an […]
How Many Mint Juleps?
Kentucky Derby expenses are the focus of this story on Massachusetts lobbying law. Cognos ULC, a software vendor at the center of an ethics controversy on Beacon Hill, paid $13,000 to lobbyist Richard McDonough for expenses he racked up over three days at last year’s Kentucky Derby, leading the secretary of state to ask if […]