Connie Nompelis writes: > Since when is a sign in the window considered an > expenditure? Plenty of local businesses put > politicians' signs in their windows... it's been that > way forever and most of the signs I recall have been > for DFL candidates, not that it really matters. > Since forever. The idea is the value of the advertising space. If a business owner were to put up an ad for a particular product the product distributor may give them a discount on the bulk purchase of that product, if not the business owner may be able to draw customers into their establishment to purchase said product. Therefore window space has value.
But to make things more confusing. If a sole-proprietorship is exempt from Minnesota law on corporate support of candidates - how does that apply to rental space? If the store owner is a sole-proprietorship but the property is owned by a corporation can the store owner put a lawn sign on the exterior of the business? Not likely. However, if the tenant is a corporation can the sole-proprietorship that owns a business put a sign on the property they own (regardless of the tenantÂ’s wishes)? Likely, unless the lease has some clause that the tenant is responsible for the exterior of the property. This is only a small sampling of the loopholes in the law that impacts elections in Minneapolis and across Minnesota that the current worthless Secretary of State Kiffmeyer has never bothered to try to fix. And on that note, how can the Misses claim that they couldn't afford to send staff to Pride when they waste $600,000 on a BS plan http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/pdf/fad0540.pdf ? Having worked on the HAVA plan while I worked in the office, there is NO possible way that they spent that much legally - either that or they owe me a huge amount of backpay. Moreover, they recently completely renovated the SOS web site (for how much?) and remodeled the entire office (for how much?). I better quit because I readily recognize that I have strayed beyond Minneapolis issues. Randall Cutting Seward Recovering former Office of the Secretary of State Employee REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
