Meeting NotesSubmitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 2:47pm.
The Daily Tar Heel reports out on a recent town hall meeting on the Voter Owned public financing program being considered by the Chapel Hill, North Carolina Town Council to cover their elections. The idea has already been approved by the North Carolina legislature. The cost of running for office in Chapel Hill runs in the thousands of dollars -- certainly nothing like the millions it takes to run for federal office, but well out of reach for many people interested in public office but without access to wealth.
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Toss Her a Brick - With the most recent election we see that, once again, that fundraising and campaign finance is the most important way to win elections. A person who is really qualified is not as important as how many $$$ the person has, is able to raise. Just look at Clinton's campaign to see this. The only way she is staying is because she has alot of financial backing. If you see her site, she has 3 big banners promoting donations and giving money to her campaign. Each person should be given the same amounts, decided from the government, and no more. All candidates should be on equal terms to win the election. I felt so fed up with this, that I decided to go to the website www.bricktoss.com, and toss her a brick. Post new comment |
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