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Chronicle metro/state editorialist Rick Casey brings up an old topic today:
The result is that Andy Taylor may be, legally speaking, absolutely correct. If that turns out to be the case, look for the Legislature to degenerate even further than the sorry body that it now is.
Nearly every incumbent will know that if he or she votes against the interests of the corporations, unlimited secret cash can be used to run attack ads in the weeks leading up to the election.
A group of reformers did offer a bill clearing up the matter last spring.
It would have done what federal law does: outlaw corporate and union spending related to races for a set period immediately before the election.
If Casey's complaint sounds familiar, that's because he and the Chronicle editorial board have previously argued in favor of banning some political speech.
Isn't it nice when alleged press champions of free speech turn out to be phonies who are more than happy to ban the speech of some, even as they advocate for greater privileges for themselves?
"Secret" cash involved in political advertising is undesirable -- not unlike "secret" meetings between the Chronicle editorial board and political figures, or undislosed relationships between members of the pro-METRO Chronicle editorial board and attorneys who deal with that transit agency.
That answer to such problems? Disclosure. Sunshine. Openness.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/29/05 09:14 PM | Print |
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