From the Daily News:
Legislation passed in 2007, Local Law 34, lowered the maximum political contributions from those doing business with the city to $400. But due to a loophole, officeholders like Quinn could hold on to the maximum $4,950 donations from those doing business with the city received under earlier rules.
In the spirit of making local citywide elections more transparent, Local Law 34 also established a database intended to prevent even the appearance of a link between governmental decisions and large campaign contributions. This new law was designed to hinder, if not end, the age-old, transactional “pay-to-play” politics that had favored the few for so long at the expense of the many.
But the Council, led by Quinn, ended up subverting the intention of this law — by not making it retroactive.
Why would the Council allow incumbents to keep money received under limits it judged to be more than 10 times too high, potentially undermining this good- government reform?
I smell a rat here. The speaker gave herself and anyone else lucky enough to have raised lots of money under those old rules a huge head start in the 2013 mayoral race.
I used the database set up by the law — and Quinn’s public disclosures — to find at least $250,000 in campaign funds she has raised for this election cycle under the old rules.
9 comments:
Incumbent pols acting in their own self-interest. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
This new law was designed to hinder, if not end, the age-old, transactional “pay-to-play” politics that had favored the few for so long at the expense of the many.
POLITICS = PAY TO PLAY
http://mayorbloombergkingofnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/06/mike-bloomberg-and-mini-me-christine.html
Read this for super sized rat that would force Bloomberg to resign along with his mini-me Christine Quinn aka Mrs. Bloomberg.
Remember People demanded Christine Quinn return the Rudin family and their flunkies money before she voted on for the Rudin Luxury condo conversion of St. Vincent's Hospital.
http://mayorbloombergkingofnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/03/christine-quinn-unairbrushed-votes-for.html
http://eastvillageeasteastvillage.blogspot.com/2012/03/christine-quinn-talking-points-march-13.html
Quinn could have put pressure on Amanda the People's Burden, the most evil city planner commissioner to give protective zoning so only a hospital could be built but it is about greed and stupidity.
Rudin bought Quinn's votes.....return the campaign money.
She will be the next mayor, and she will be just as bad as the bastard we have now.
She's the Slush Fund Queen. Sadly, she WILL be our next mayor. She will probably be worse than Mayor Mike. He'll still be involved "advising" her and will probably pay her to do things his way. New Yorkers are the big losers here and that's why people are leaving in droves.
Quinn Should return Campaign Funds
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Yeah and monkey's might fly out of my butt....
Quinn Should return Campaign Funds
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Yeah and monkey's might fly out of my butt....
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I hope you have enough toilet paper!!!
Saul Alinsky socialist /communist rules: the means justifies the ends and if that doesn't work , lie and steal and, rewrite the Constitution.
the sheep will vote for you again.....
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