]> http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/04/10-000-maniacs Comments for "10,000 Maniacs" en http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/04/10-000-maniacs#comment-24115 How can we get this system adopted by our whole state. I am so sick and tired of big special interests giving my state legislators big campaign comtributions for which I can not compete and then have to live with the decisions made by those legislators who are influenced by those same large contributions. And I don't believe that any legislator is immune by saying money can't buy his/her integrity. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:13:05 +0000 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/04/10-000-maniacs In his years of work tracking money in politics, working to win full public financing of campaigns in states around the country and in his hometown of Portland, Oregonian Jeff Malachowsky has aimed to replace the politics of big money and small turnout with small donors and robust civic participation. In the essay that follows, Jeff reflects on Portland's Voter Owned public financing program and the benefits he sees it bringing to his city. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:16:36 +0000