[Mpls] Re: Campaign Finance Disclosure

[Tim Bonham]

Russ -- you misunderstand the law on this.  The requirement is to report all contributions that, in aggregate for the entire year, total more than $100.  So "a whole lot of $25 contributions" would have to be reported.  Assuming that 'a whole lot' is more than 4 of these contributions.
        And the Campaign Finance people do check on this -- I once received a letter from them and had to file an amended report when I failed to catch that someone had given us several contributions over the year, which totaled more than $100.

From: "Russell Wayne Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
. . .
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