CQ reports that a Tennessee candidate’s solicitation has caused a controversy. The problem is the email also included Tennessee’s official state seal and, for contact information, lists Black’s state legislative office phone number and address.
Day: December 21, 2009
California contribution limits and Prop. 34
The Riverside Press-Enterprise discusses California’s Prop. 34 in this report about campaign finance cases involving Mark Leggio, among others. “Proposition 34 has allowed far too many ways for officeholders, candidates and special-interest contributors to legally circumvent its contribution limits,” commission chairman Ross Johnson told the Los Angeles Times last month. More on Prop. 34 is […]
More ethics news out of Philadelphia
Looking for the latest ethics developments coming from Philadelphia? Here’s a story about vacancies on the city’s Ethics Board. Two vacancies on Philadelphia’s five-member Board of Ethics have left the city’s official watchdog “weaker than it’s ever been,” according to board Executive Director Shane Creamer.