Public Campaign - Texas

How Enterprising

Katie Schlieper — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:15:16 -0500

Is the Texas Enterprise Fund just tool to spark economic development or is it a wheel-greaser between elected officials and the business interests that help finance their campaigns? The Houston Chronicle examines one curious exchange of cash for cash.

Texas-Sized Problem

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:05:57 -0500

Laura Kelley of Rice University is founding a campus chapter of Democracy Matters to push for Clean Elections in the face of a campaign finance system that tilts the balance of power in favor of a wealthy few. She explains her support for full public financing of elections in this opinion piece for the student newspaper, the Rice Thresher (hehe).

More Mess in Texas

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:31:28 -0500

Trouble brewing in Texas: Texans for Public Justice are asking District Attorney Ronnie Earle to investigate possible campaign finance shenanigans on the part of House Speaker Tom Craddick (R).

Letter in Abilene

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:27:30 -0500

David Weller of Abilene, Texas and the blog All Things Reform has this letter to the editor on Fair Elections Action Week in the Reporter News: "Voting is an intellectual exercise, not a pocketbook one." Full letter after the jump.

The Public Has Grown Weary

Rick Bielke — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:51:00 -0500

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum of The Washington Post published an analysis on the public's growing discontent of the coziness between big money lobbyists and our elected officials in Washington, DC. Birnbaum writes that corruption in Washington as a fr...