Comments on: Support up for public campaign financing http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/support-up-for-public-campaign-financing/ SC Progressive Network news and views Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brett Bursey http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/support-up-for-public-campaign-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-81849 Brett Bursey Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:53:05 +0000 http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/?p=1829#comment-81849 The recent rip off of the SC ETV broadband spectrum reflects the influence of money on politics in the Palmetto state. Sen. McConnell brags about the state making $145 million, over 30 years, for leasing out the nation's only state wide public system. Last year the state and local governments spent over $75 million for telecommunications services that could be run over a public system. While we save $145 million, we will spend $2.2 BILLION with the telcoms that dropped over $300,000 in campaign contributions to state legislators last year. Follow the money... The recent rip off of the SC ETV broadband spectrum reflects the influence of money on politics in the Palmetto state. Sen. McConnell brags about the state making $145 million, over 30 years, for leasing out the nation’s only state wide public system. Last year the state and local governments spent over $75 million for telecommunications services that could be run over a public system.

While we save $145 million, we will spend $2.2 BILLION with the telcoms that dropped over $300,000 in campaign contributions to state legislators last year.

Follow the money…

]]> By: Becci http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/support-up-for-public-campaign-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-81365 Becci Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:02:44 +0000 http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/?p=1829#comment-81365 I'm so proud of our friends in NC. They've helped us model our own clean elections campaign in SC, but we can't seem to get any traction. Still, I'm inspired by their example and haven't given up hope that we can -- someday, some way -- see similar campaign finance reform in the Palmetto State. I’m so proud of our friends in NC. They’ve helped us model our own clean elections campaign in SC, but we can’t seem to get any traction. Still, I’m inspired by their example and haven’t given up hope that we can — someday, some way — see similar campaign finance reform in the Palmetto State.

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