Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Politicians - Governor Deval Patrick
One describes it as "new and imaginative".
I assume they are code words for "crooked and unethical", if not "illegal".
I assume they are code words for "crooked and unethical", if not "illegal".
Frank Phillips describes it in the Boston Globe:
"Under the unique arrangement, Patrick, who ran for election sharply criticizing the "politics of money and connections," is raising contributions far in excess of the individual limit of $500 for a political candidate. Now, in many cases he is getting as much as $5,500 from individual lobbyists, corporate executives, developers, and other supporters.
The money goes into a special pot of money called the Seventy-First Fund (after Patrick's standing as the 71st governor) which, under a written agreement between the Patrick campaign and the Democratic Party, serves as a conduit to divide up contributions."
