Link-of-the-Day – Page 50 – Democracy North Carolina

Thursday, December 2, 2010

If you received an envelope in the mail with pig hoof prints on it and the words, “Wee, wee, weeee the people,” would you open it up to see what the letter said? Now’s your chance. Please click on this link; it’s a letter from Democracy North Carolina. Important!

By Bob Hall| 2010-12-02T21:03:41-05:00 December 2nd, 2010|Link-of-the-Day|1 Comment

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel, writing in the Washington Post, says a group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength is urging President Obama not to cave into the demand of Congressional Republicans to give the super-rich a super big tax break. Meanwhile, the Committee for Economic Development has released a poll indicating that a majority of business [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:44-05:00 December 1st, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|1 Comment

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The NC Free Enterprise Foundation has analyzed the outside spending reported so far in the 2010 state legislative campaigns – over $2.3 million, with more than 90% spent to help Republican candidates for the NC General Assembly. A handy chart itemizes which of the front-group committees (e.g., Real Jobs NC) spent how much to benefit [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-30T19:46:33-05:00 November 30th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Monday, November 29, 2010

The Nation Magazine has an important article that connects the rise of massive front-group spending in elections with the decline of the media’s coverage of political campaigns and policy issues. A front group’s distorting message becomes so much more effective when repeated frequently and when the media abandons its job, which is not gotcha journalism but [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-29T20:43:21-05:00 November 29th, 2010|Citizens United Case, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|1 Comment

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Former Democratic Gov. Mike Easley walked away from court today with the long federal and state investigation finally ended. The US Attorney and a special state prosecutor, both Republicans, agreed to let Easley plead guilty to one felony charge of falsely certifying a campaign disclosure report that omitted details about one airplane flight, a class I [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 23rd, 2010|Disclosure, Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Monday, November 22, 2010

The Associated Press and News & Observer are reporting this afternoon that former Gov. Mike Easley has agreed to a plea deal to settle a federal and state investigation into possible corruption while he was in public office. A hearing about the deal will be held in Wake County court at noon tomorrow. Stay tuned for [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-22T21:54:11-05:00 November 22nd, 2010|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Friday, November 19, 2010

While partisan opponents of “Voter-Owned Elections” will control the NC General Assembly next year, other parts of the nation will experience new advances for public campaign financing. West Virginia reformers held an event this week to celebrate that state’s new pilot program for Supreme Court elections, and Maine reformers threw a 10th birthday party yesterday [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 19th, 2010|Judicial Elections, Link-of-the-Day, Voter-Owned Elections|0 Comments

Thursday, November 18, 2010

An alliance of six national good government groups are pushing the lame-duck Congress to pass a stripped down version of the DISCLOSE Act. The original bill went beyond just requiring disclosure of the major donors to electioneering committees; it would have banned election spending by subsidiaries of foreign corporations, large government contractors, and businesses owing [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-18T19:21:21-05:00 November 18th, 2010|Disclosure, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A disclosure provision in the financial reform law is providing an unusual window into how special interests lobby federal regulators for special relief. “Relax that rule or you’ll put us out of business.” “If you do that, we won’t be able to compete with foreign companies.” “To level the playing field, you should exempt us, [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 17th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|3 Comments

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Here are two quick overviews of the impact of the Republican victories on redistricting in the state and nationally. In North Carolina, the General Assembly will redraw the lines for state legislative and Congressional districts; the governor has no veto authority or any other role. In addition, each local governmental body is responsible for using [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-16T21:56:42-05:00 November 16th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Redistricting, Voting Rights|0 Comments