Delegate Bob Brink, one of the proprietors of 7 West, points us to an NPR discussion of campaign finance in Virginia.
NPR’s Marketplace program, which usually deals with commodities like hedge funds, stock portfolios, and the price of steel in China, last week turned its attention to Virginia’s Wild West campaign finance system
The same topic was covered in a Virginian Pilot editorial today.
Come July 1, one of the great American campaign finance scams will be history. Thanks to legislation introduced by Del. Brian Moran, D-Alexandria, and approved overwhelmingly by the 2007 General Assembly, politicians will no longer be able to skirt campaign contribution limits in their own states by setting up political action committees in anything-goes Virginia.
Two good editorials.
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