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No clear line between Corporation and Working Families Party

Posted on August 12, 2009 by iwilder

Kevin Finnegan, the lawyer who set up the secretive company called Data and Field Services which is owned by the Working Families Party, appeared on WNYC Tuesday to respond to City Hall’s extensive investigative report about the depth of connections between the non-profit party and for-profit company, admitting during the interview that as for the line between WFP and DFS, “there’s no firewalls.”

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Working Families Party private corporation skirts NYC Campaign Finance Laws

Posted on August 10, 2009 by iwilder

Six Council Campaigns, de Blasio Campaign, Discovered Using Working Families Staff, Resources In Test Of City Finance Limits Inner workings of secretive WFP for-profit company and multiple candidates’ operations revealed A complicated web of coordinated activities, shared resources and staff, and quiet money transfers between the Working Families Party, a secretive private company called Data […]

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Blackbox Voting names Maine “Best in Nation” for Voting Rights

Posted on July 30, 2009 by iwilder

from Black Box Voting: 3. MAINE’S CLEAN ELECTIONS LAW REDUCES CANDIDATE DEPENDENCY on donations by corporations and vested interests. Though not perfect, better than states like California, which had zealots and vested interests pumping millions into ballot issues in 2008, and some states have tainted processes for electing judges, with almost no campaign finance restrictions […]

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NYT: New York’s Defective Legislators

Posted on July 4, 2009 by iwilder

Some of the suggestions from the NYT to fix the NY State Legislature: CLEANER MONEY New York’s campaign finance system is a disgrace. When the Legislature is in session, lawmakers spend every night harvesting campaign funds, often using loopholes as big as a bank. Write “party housekeeping” on the check, and it can have as […]

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Sun, June 21: NY State Senate Coup Update

Posted on June 21, 2009 by iwilder

The Times Union/Capitol Confidential Blog reports that Governor Paterson has brought in two mediators–former Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine and former State Senator John Dunne–to try to settle the dispute between the NY State Senate Democrats and Republians. Governor Paterson has also suggested a judge–Chief Judge Jonathan Lippmann– who could preside over a special session to […]

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Green Party of NYS Decries NY Senate Coup and Calls for Grassroots Resistance

Posted on June 10, 2009 by iwilder

from a GPNYS press release: The Green Party of New York State (GPNYS) decries the latest power play in the NY State Senate.  The leadership coup on Monday night by the Republican Party and at least two Democrats, one under investigation for fraud and the other for physical assault, is the newest in a serious […]

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IL Green Party Slams “Protect Incumbents Act,” Repeat Call for Election Reform

Posted on April 4, 2009 by iwilder

A legislative effort to all but end the practice of “slating” in Illinois has drawn the ire of Green Party leaders.  House Bill 723 would make it so that when no candidate of an established party runs in a primary for a particular office, that party can only fill the vacancy in nomination if the […]

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Non-profits/charities wrongfully donate to political campaigns in New York

Posted on March 17, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The New York Times Charities Give to Campaigns, Despite Law By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS /March 17, 2009 ALBANY — For more than half a century, charities have been barred by federal law from making contributions to political campaigns. But the news does not seem to have reached Albany. A review […]

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CT Green party sues over dirty Clean Election Law

Posted on December 10, 2008 by iwilder

Clean Elections On Trial: Day 1 Notes from the federal trial challenging Connecticut’s historic campaign finance reform law. Hartford Advocate For more than seven grueling hours in the wood-paneled courtroom, Lopez laid out a numbers-laden case to prove the law screws third parties and protects the ones in power. Lopez had one day to make […]

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Green Party Governor Candidate: We told you so!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by iwilder

(I believe that there used to be “Don’t blame me, I voted for Rich Whitney for Governor” bumper stickers. Those might be sweet to have now…-KW) Press Release from the Rich Whitney for Governor campaign: Whitney for Governor P.O. Box 3803, Carbondale, IL 62902 www.whitneyforgov.org Former Gubernatorial Candidate Rich Whitney on the arrest and criminal […]

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IL Green Party Statement on Arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Posted on December 9, 2008 by iwilder

We in the Illinois Green Party are deeply troubled by the arrest of Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief-of-staff John Harris.  The Governor is charged with attempting to personally profit from his power to appoint a person to the U.S. Senate.  While we recognize that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, we must also […]

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Where Cynthia McKinney Stands On the Issues

Posted on October 7, 2008 by iwilder

Cynthia McKinney’s official website is at: www.runcynthiarun.org Iraq Asa member of Congress, opposed the war before it began, as a matter of principle,recognizing it was illegal under international law, a war of aggression that had nothing to do with defense of the nation. She has also consistently opposed the occupation and consistently opposed every appropriation […]

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John Adams on the Hofstra Partisan Presidential Debate

Posted on September 4, 2008 by iwilder

Debate Background Hofstra University is hosting a Presidential Debate on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.  The debate is sponsored by the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates.  Hofstra mistakenly calls this commission “nonpartisan” when it is actually bi-partisan–entirely controlled by the Democratic and Republican Parties and funded by a few large corporations (much like the presidential election).  […]

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Conn. GP challenge to apartheid campaign financing goes forward

Posted on March 30, 2008 by iwilder

from Newsday: [U.S. District Court Judge Stefan] Underhill did determine that the plaintiffs have adequately alleged that Connecticut’s public funding system includes “unfair and unnecessary burdens” on certain candidates, such as minor parties. He’ll take up that matter at the end of April. To qualify for public funds, all candidates must raise a certain number […]

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