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New Database Could Make it Tougher to Track Illegal Spendingnew

San Francisco's recent move to a privatized electronic campaign finance database will make it more difficult to track amendments to reports on political spending, a change that has caused a conflict between top-level staffers at the Ethics Commission.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Sarah Phelan  |  01-23-2008  |  Politics

What Did Ralph Nader Do With Our Money?new

The public’s money, it seems, went to fund a sloppy and sometimes incompetent attempt to get a candidate whom nobody wanted on the ballot, onto ballots.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  10-28-2004  |  Politics

How GOP Billionaires Bankroll the Bushiesnew

Republicans are filling the GOP’s 527 gap, and a group of super-rich supporters has funded them with massive donations. With sidebar on the GOP's dirty donor (baker's) dozen.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  10-28-2004  |  Politics

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