Stop It Before It Starts
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 21:05
This editorial in The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin endorses the recent formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to study a full public financing system for the city's elections reasoning that although Madison's public officials aren't yet scandal-scarred, it's better to act now to counter pay-to-play politics than when it becomes a major problem down the road.