I previously noted some overlapping dates on White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard’s Public Financial Disclosure Report. According to Whorunsgov.com‘s profile, Mr. Gaspard apparently left SEIU Local 1199 in 2007.
Day: April 6, 2009
Critical Looks at the Fair Elections Now Act
Hans A. von Spakovsky, a visiting legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation and a former member of the Federal Election Commission, wrote this Politico editorial on the Fair Elections Now Act. Jeff Patch of the Center for Competitive Politics discussed the editorial here.
Governments Lobbying Government?
Illinois cities and local governments paid lobbyists about $6 million to lobby the state, according to this Pantagraph article. The article is based on an Illinois Campaign for Political Reform report.