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ANALYSIS: Ed Fallon’s Campaign Finance Irony

Started by CIM Network · 10 months ago

Ed Fallon has always cut a Not Just Another Politician image, from his refusal to wear neckties during his legislative tenure to his deliberately modest earthy-crunchy lifestyle.

Leonard Boswell, on the other hand, even looks as if he could have been sent from central casting to play the ... Continue reading »

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  • desmoinesdem

    1 year ago

    if the legislature rushes through a "Fallon loophole bill," I will have written my last check to the House Democratic or Senate Democratic leadership funds. I haven't supported them so that they can turn the statehouse into an arm of Leonard Boswell's campaign.


    Anyone can write a check of any size to any legislator, and that's not an ethical problem. No one in the leadership will support the VOICE act, which would create a voluntary public financing system like the very successful ones operating in Maine and Arizona.


    But all of a sudden, there is an emergency need to close the "Fallon loophole." Pathetic.

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  • R.E.L.S.

    1 year ago

    I Agree Shame on the legislature for pushing through this "Fallon loophole legislation." Politicians should be allowed to pay themselves whatever they want. It's not like its other people's money. Those trying to force this bill through the legislature should be ashamed of themselves. Shutting the "Fallon loophole" is shutting down democracy.
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  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    I agree also: Thus siding with the majority so far.
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  • desmoinesdem

    1 year ago

    off-topic question Does anyone know when we will get some public polling on this race? It's hard to know if something will hurt Boswell or Fallon when we have no baseline to tell us the candidates' level of support.


    Fallon's campaign is not doing any polling, and I haven't heard any leaks about Boswell's internals.

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