Author: Eric Brown

Iowa and Express Advocacy

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 6, 2009
Categories In Iowa

This Iowa bill seeks to expand what would be considered express advocacy in the state.

MD: Personal Use?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 6, 2009
Categories In Maryland

A Baltimore City council member is facing charges of improper use of campaign funds, according to this report. A grand jury returned an indictment against Kenneth Oliver, 4th District council member. The indictment claims that the 63-year-old Oliver of Randallstown wrote two checks for $2,000 each to his wife and himself from the campaign account. […]

Another Term for Speaker DiMasi?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 6, 2009
Categories In Mass.

That’s the topic of this Boston Globe report. On Monday, just two days before DiMasi faces re-election by House members, close friend Richard Vitale is scheduled to be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court for violations of state lobbying and campaign finance laws. Vitale is accused of concealing his work as a lobbyist and having contact […]