Day: December 9, 2008

Romney 2012?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 9, 2008
Categories In FEC

Several reports, including this one, report that Mitt Romney “has taken steps to lay the groundwork” for a 2012 bid for the White House.

Pittsburgh: Pay to Play?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 9, 2008
Categories In Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh has an anti-pay to play law, but those with an “economic relationship” with the city seem to be paying something, according to this report. There are cities with rules barring those who get money from government from giving money to campaigns. But in Pittsburgh politics, more than half of the top 100 campaign donors […]

NJ to “Close All Remaining Loopholes”?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 9, 2008
Categories In New Jersey

Will New Jersey close all remaining “loopholes” in the state’s campaign finance system? That’s the topic of this Philadelphia Inquirer editorial. Is Corzine’s ethics package an attempt to inoculate himself against a challenge from corruption-buster Chris Christie, the newly retired U.S. attorney? Or is the governor simply getting around to reforms he promised three years […]