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“The fact that they only gave money when he was doing these final rules, that more than ever really raises flags. There’s something fishy going on.”
Rep. Mark Ferrandino, commenting on campaign contributions from payday lending companies to Attorney General John Suthers as Suthers writes regulations to implement a new payday lending law, as reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, August 13, 2010

City sued over campaign finance act

By Scott Rochat, The Longmont Times-Call,
September 20, 2009
LONGMONT — A group of Longmont residents, including two former mayors, has sued the city over its campaign finance act, calling it overly restrictive of free speech.

The lawsuit, which also names City Clerk Valeria Skitt as a defendant, attacks the law’s reporting requirements for “individual expenditures” — money that’s spent to promote a candidate, without the candidate’s advice or permission. The law says that all such spending of $100 or more must be reported to the city clerk and all candidates in the affected race within 72 hours.


For the full story, please visit http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=18191
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