...and why would local voters wanted to reinforce the problem with democracy today: campaigns and politicians bought and sold.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > So why would anyone even think of voting for a guy who is running to be a > public official (Dimas) who doesn't show up in public (Dimas)? Oh yeah, > also a guy who took $60k in public financing of his campaign. I look > forward to seeing his expenditure reports. > > -tj > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sorry to be local here, but this came as a surprise to me, from the New >> Mexican editorial today: >> Our View: For mayor, no perfect choice >> http://goo.gl/PIKlCl >> >> For a couple of weeks, it looked like Gonzales was their favorite. >> Certainly unique and not a City Council member (they all are pretty horrid >> and simply cannot understand networking nor computing .. let alone >> economic development). So he looked pretty good. >> >> But the problem is that he's unfairly having PACs and others pay for >> electioneering, which goes against the Santa Fe voting laws. And he's not >> stopping it, even tho not being done directly from him. >> >> So big money backing him. >> >> Our choice now reverts to two city councilors, death by ignorance. >> >> Anyone with experience and insights that may not make the papers? >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM > USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Twitter: jtjohnson > slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations > http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] > ========================================== > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merlelefkoff
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