Do you know what is perishing in America? It's not the Colin Kapernick's of the world--he's still in the minority of P.C's who think it cool to diss the greatest country on Earth. No, it's government of the people, by the people and for the people.
I believe that every candidate should run with the exact same amount of money. This will eliminate a lot of the corruption in our elections that is controlled by special interests. Even in our own local elections, there is a startling disparity. The reason it is so hard to defeat incumbents is because of the connections they have accumulated and the special favors they do to get the endorsements and the contributions. A newcomer has no prayer or little chance to win as the campaign contributions are difficult to attain. It takes a lot of money just to get name recognition.
County Commission seat District 1:
Hal Valeche: $177,801
Tony Bennett: $7,650
County Commission seat District 3:
Dave Kerner: $169,041
Sean Hogan: $7,100
County Commission Seat District 5:
Mary Lou Berger: $103,375
Taniel Shant $36,995
Under the above scenarios, who has the overwhelming chance of winning?
Campaign finance reform is an American issue. We need to seriously think about it if we want democracy.
2 comments:
Let's use the power of the vote and defeat these incumbents. Kerner was backed by the same people who ruined our western county and want to destroy John prince Park.
We should get rid of all PAC's, eliminate corporate contributions, allow zero from any foreign entities and limit individual contributions to $1000 max. I agree with Lynn and feel all elected position seeker should be allocated a specific sum of money from the Feds according to the position they are seeking... For example position of
Mayor or council member of a city under 50,000 people would get $5000-$10,000. Not except any free advertising for TV commercials or handouts or T-shirts or anything else. And any unused funds go back into the treasury
Sure would even the playing field
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