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You could also suddenly
You could also suddenly start supporting Red Light Cameras.
That got nice campaign contributions for PA House Speaker Perzel and Philadelphia Mayor Street
http://student-voices.org/news/index.php3?NewsID=6176
It also worked for Candidate George W Bush
http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v5/alertv5_24.asp
Just do some Red Light research as Dianne Bachman must have done before she issued her press release supporting Affiliated Computer Services' Red Light Cameras in Chapel Hill
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strId=C00248245
Perhaps she learned about the suspicious contributions that ACS has given in Washington
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/lips/2002/lips1129.html
and in Florida
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/06/news_pf/State/Money_can_buy_politic.shtml
and that's just a few minutes of research.
Calling on investigative reporters! Calling on Bachman to reveal ALL her campaign contributors! Calling on CAN to reveal its sources of income! Calling on ACS to report who their lobbyists are in North Carolina!
Will we wise up and open up as they have in Honolulu!
http://starbulletin.com/2001/12/17/features/memminger.html
So now there are multiple
So now there are multiple Gregors as well. So much for annonymous postings.
Like I said to "Incognito,"
Like I said to "Incognito," you could avoid confusion by using your own names... ;-}
Another money saving idea:
Another money saving idea: Recycling
Jim Ward just recycled a four-year old press release in which he calls for a neighborhood laison. In four years, he never mentioned it in Council, but now it's a bold new idea! And the Herald which seems to have no sense of history played along.
Hey, Rob! How about looking at Ward's promises from his last run. You might be able to get a scoop on his next bold new idea.
Yet another fund-raising
Yet another fund-raising opportunity
http://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm
Commenting in order to push
Commenting in order to push this back to the top of the recent comments list.
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Usually I take it for
Usually I take it for granted, and sometimes it irks me, but OP has provided many of us opportunities to learn and to persuade that we would not otherwise have. This technical lapse has led me to make a contribution (although I'm having perhaps related problems getting that to work).
Thanks, Jeff! I think the
Thanks, Jeff! I think the best way to do it it is with the "Support this site" link at the bottom of the right side of the front page. That gives a donation directly to our ISP ( http://dreamhost.com ) to cover our the cost of hosting OrangePolitics.org .
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