News reports seem to indicate that Gov. Sanford’s use of state aircraft and other resources will be investigated. A review of travel expenses showed Sanford had flown in expensive business-class seating. State law forbids use of first-class tickets; regulations require “coach or tourist class” airfare. Additionally, The Associated Press reported Sanford used state planes for […]
Day: August 14, 2009
“Hillary” Discussion in The Wonk Room
U.S. PIRG’s Lisa Gilbert discusses key arguments in Citizens United in this guest blogger post at The Wonk Room. In the battle between small donors and big spenders, a decision in the Citizens United case to turn back the clock and increase the power of corporations would be the wrong one. Million of voters were encouraged by […]
David Axelrod’s Email Spamgate
The controversy over David Axelrod’s healthcare reform email gets full Gawker treatment here. The story reports that dozens of people received the email who had never signed up for anything and that “email came from servers owned by GovDelivery.”