Lifting the $5,000 PAC donation limit in city elections . . .
l3wis Is a bad idea.
In fact, I personally think that $5,000 is too much. I don’t think ANY PAC donations should be allowed in city elections. This city is RAN and funded by people, not businesses and special interest groups (yeah, I know, funny huh?)
I understand the city clerk’s concern of matching our city ordinances with state law, but I also find that hypocritical considering many of our ordinances don’t match up with state law.
Believe it or not, I do agree with City Attorney Fiddle-Faddle that we don’t need any court challenges from PAC’s that want to donate (Citizen’s United Supreme Court decision).
What is the solution? Well, I often tell people when making a decision about who to vote for in a municipal election, follow the money. Check the financial reports, and see who is giving the candidates money. See who takes the PAC money, see who takes the developer money, see who butters their bread and who they will work for.
In some ways, the PAC money donations are very telling, but is anybody paying attention?
