Email date: 3/29/07
In this update:
1. Trashy new ads unleashed, retiring Supreme Court justice calls for reform
2. Freshmen lawmakers propose truth-in-campaigning legislation
3. State’s largest newspaper issues plea for redistricting reform
4. National bill mill behind AT&T-backed cable TV scheme
Email date: 4/5/07
In this update:
1. Supreme Court price tag surges past $5M, zeroes in on $6M
2. McCain-Feingold getting good results, reviving parties
3. Academic study shows election fraud qualifies as urban myth
Email date: 4/11/07
In this update:
1. Supreme Court chief justice calls for campaign reform
2. Clean Elections bill to be introduced
3. Reversal of Thompson conviction creating widespread fallout
Email date: 4/19/07
In this update:
1. Ethics Board investigation yields complaint against Ziegler
2. Heffernan was ahead of his time
Email date: 4/23/07
In this update:
1. AT&T donations flow as legislators eye cable deregulation
2. Judicial Commission approves Ziegler investigation
3. U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in campaign reform case
Email date: 4/26/07
Democrats who control the state Senate announced plans to act in the coming days on three reform bills supported by the Democracy Campaign.
Email date: 4/27/07
In this update:
1. Prosser steps in it as Ziegler asserts judicial privilege
2. Demonstration for impartial justice set for May 7
3. Time, place of Senate hearing on reform announced
4. Editorial opinion mixed on McCain-Feingold challenge
Email date: 4/30/07
Tomorrow’s hearing on three reform bills by a Senate committee will be held in room 201 Southeast in the Capitol, not room 220 Southeast as we reported in last Friday’s E-Lert.
Email date: 5/3/07
In this update:
1. Ziegler complied with agency’s laws, now says she’s above them
2. Protest in front of high court chambers set for Monday
3. Vote on reform bills scheduled for next Tuesday
4. Commentary: Sham issue ad groups living a lie
5. Suspension of convicted ex-lawmakers’ law licenses extended
Email date: 5/8/07
In this update:
1. Senate committee OKs 3 reform bills
2. More on yesterday’s demonstration for impartial justice
3. Big Money Blog