Friday, December 14, 2007

Campaign financing

Good morning everyone! Yesterday's snowstorm forced us to cancel our fundraiser in Oxford with Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele, but instead of sitting around roasting chestnuts on an open fire, a few of us got to work getting on the phones and asking for small donations from people in the 32nd District which was more successfully than we could have imagined given the wicked weather outside! We have now collected enough checks to qualify for the Citizens' Election Program and we will be filing our application on Monday.

As a Republican I certainly have some concerns about the use of taxpayer money to finance political campaigns, but these are the new rules and we are going to play by them. It certainly will be interesting to see how the new campaign finance system shakes out in this election, which is history making because it is the first State Senate election under our new campaign finance rules.

Anyways, all indicators are that we have another snowstorm on the horizon this weekend, so be safe everyone!

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