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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 bumps campaign suit to federal court

By Rachel Carter, The Longmont Times-Call,
October 1, 2009
LONGMONT — A lawsuit filed against the city for its campaign finance rules has been moved to federal court — at the city’s request.

The city filed Monday to move the case to the U.S. District Court in Denver, and the suit was transferred from Boulder District Court on Tuesday.

A group of Longmont residents, including two former mayors, sued the city earlier this month over the city’s recently revamped Longmont Fair Campaign Practices Act, saying it chills their rights to free speech.


For the full story, please visit http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=18377
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