Common Cause California Board Member Simon Mayeski says it's time for the state to adopt public financing after a financial investigation is launched against Assemblyman Joel Anderson (R)."While it will be up to the Commission to determine whether the law was violated, Mayeski observed, “The bigger question here is`Why we don’t do something to remove the fundraising distraction and worse that forces every person running for state office in California to spend so much time and energy looking for money?’” Mayeski believes public financing of elections should be adopted in California, as Maine and Arizona have already done. In June 2010, voters will consider a ballot initiative approved by the Legislature and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger to create a pilot project for public funding of candidates running for California Secretary of State."To read the full article, click here.