I just have to re-iterate that I think this practice of reporting individual
contributions that are more than a "certain arbitrary number" is
discriminatory. If we are going to report contributions, we should report
all contributions.
The problem here is that we are making the assumption that only big money
individual donors can buy influence. This is discriminatory and an
erroneous assumption. $25 might not buy influence, but a whole lot of $25
contributions from the same place can certainly buy influence just as much
as one single donor. And I still believe equal protection under the law is
appropriate here.
Russ Peterson
Ward 9
Standish
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