http://www.publicampaign.org/taxonomy/term/659/0 en http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/24/costing-out-city-council Joel Burgess at the <em>Asheville Citizen-Times </em>writes about <a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/POLITICS01/80322063">how expensive it&#39;s getting</a> to run for a City Council seat, and about the law recently passed in North Carolina allowing Chapel Hill to pursue a Clean Elections public financing option for its races to control costs and open the door for people without access to wealth to run for office.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/24/costing-out-city-council">read more</a></p> http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/03/24/costing-out-city-council#comment Chapel Hil north carolina Public Financing Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:04:40 -0500 Katie Schlieper 43588 at http://www.publicampaign.org