What does Minneapolis have in place now? Do we need something different/better?
Steven Clift Standish-Ericsson ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:39:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CGS eBulletin: Berkeley City Council Places CGS Drafted Full Public Campaign Financing Law on November Ballot CGS Campaign Finance eBulletin June 11, 2004 ==================== >>> Berkeley City Council Places CGS-Drafted Full Public Campaign >>> Financing Law on November Ballot The Berkeley City Council is the first city council in the nation to place a full public campaign financing (�clean money�) measure on the ballot for voter approval. CGS drafted the measure and the Berkeley Fair Elections Coalition advocated its adoption before the City Council. CGS, the Fair Elections Coalition and the City Council and staff negotiated the text of the measure over the course of the past few months. The City voted approval on June 8. Under the proposal, candidates for the offices of mayor, auditor, city council and school board who are able to collect a specified number of $5 dollar contributions from Berkeley voters and who agree to raise no private funds beyond these qualifying contributions will be eligible to receive full campaign funding from the city. If approved by voters in November, Berkeley�s full public financing program can: � Increase the number and diversity of candidates running for office; � Allow candidates to spend more time discussing issues with Berkeley voters than fundraising; � Increase electoral competition by leveling the fundraising playing field; and, � Eliminate real or apparent conflicts of interest present when candidates raise private funds from donors with business before the city. CGS is pleased to have played a role in this groundbreaking campaign finance reform. For more information, contact Paul Ryan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGS MISSION The CGS mission is to create innovative political and media solutions to help individuals participate more effectively in their communities and governments. CGS uses research, advocacy, information technology and education to improve the fairness of governmental policies and processes, empower the underserved to participate more effectively in their communities, improve communication between voters and candidates for office, and help implement effective public policy reforms. Learn more about CGS at http://www.cgs.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Center for Governmental Studies 10951 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA 90064-2184 phone: 310.470.6590 fax: 310.475.3752 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cgs.org To unsubcribe, please send an email with "unsubscribe CGSnews" in the subject line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c) 2004 Center for Governmental Studies. All rights reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Powered by Grassroots Enterprise, Inc. http://www.grassroots.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
