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States Try to Tackle Secret Money in PoliticsLos Angeles Times, by Matea Gold, Chris Megerian and Mark Z. Barabak, 5/2/13 Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to force such groups to disclose their donors. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a measure Thursday requiring independent groups that make election-related donations or expenditures of $6,000 or more . . . to disclose information about their top donors. Full story California's Dark-Money Investigation Is Making Conservatives SweatCenter for Public Integrity, by Andy Kroll, 4/15/13 . . . [S]ome conservatives are nervous that more details—such as the identities of actual donors—could be publicized. "This case has got very, very deep and significant implications," says a conservative lobbyist with knowledge of the investigation. "A lot of folks are going to have their dirty laundry hung out, and it's not going to be pretty. Why would money go through such a circuitous route if not to conceal the donors?" Full story
Californians need to know who's paying for politicsSan Gabriel Valley Tribune, by Letter to the Editor, 5/22/13 "Political ads are self-serving, but many of them don't even tell us who the "self" is... SB 52 would change that..." Full story Letters: The Politics of CorporationsLos Angeles Times, by John M. Goodman, 5/9/13 What is little known about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is that eight of the nine justices also said that disclosure of who is paying for ads is really important — first, so voters can properly weigh the arguments; second, so shareholders can know how their companies are spending their money . . . Full story Voters need disclosureSan Francisco Chronicle, by Nancy Neff, 2/25/13 " . . . voters need clear and prominent disclosure on political ads. The Legislature must pass the strongest bill for on-ad disclosure of the real funders of political ads: SB52 . . ." Full story
Shining a light on political donationsWashington Post, by Editorial Board, 5/22/13 "We think openness here is a more valuable public good than is providing a cloak for every fat cat who wants to remain hidden. . . . Now Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has joined with a Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, to offer a fresh attempt at a bipartisan bill, the Follow the Money Act . . . In a political system saturated with cash, transparency is the last, best hope for accountability." Full story Billionaires Now Own American PoliticsThe Progressive, by Andy Kroll, 5/20/13 " . . . [T]he traditional political parties, barred from taking all that limitless cash, seem to be sliding toward irrelevance. They are losing their grip on the political process, political observers say, leaving motivated millionaires and billionaires to handpick the candidates and the issues. "It'll be wealthy people getting together and picking horses and riding those horses through a primary process and maybe upending the consensus of the party," a Democratic strategist recently told me. "We're in a whole new world." Full story States Try to Tackle Secret Money in PoliticsLos Angeles Times, by Matea Gold, Chris Megerian and Mark Z. Barabak, 5/2/13 Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to force such groups to disclose their donors. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a measure Thursday requiring independent groups that make election-related donations or expenditures of $6,000 or more . . . to disclose information about their top donors. Full story
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