Campaign Finance Reform
Contents:
Statements
Articles/Letters
Creating Democracy Workshop
Media Coverage
Talks/Testimony
Clean Money Campaign
Create Real Democracy Blog
Books/Reports/Videos
Upcoming Events/Activities
Links
STATEMENTS
ARTICLES/LETTERS
5-19-10 - "The Biology of Oil and the Sociology of Democracy" by Greg Coleridge - OpEdNews.com
5-10-07 - "People or Corporations?" by Greg Coleridge - Akron Beacon Journal
7-17-06 - "Political Campaign Contribution Limits in Vermont" - by Greg Coleridge - Akron Beacon Journal
1-12-06 - "Campaign Finance Reform Group Applauds City of Akron For Ditching Unconstitutional Law" by Greg Coleridge
8-22-05 - AFSC's
Rebuttal to the Editorial by Greg Coleridge - Akron Beacon Journal
7-26-05 - Akron Beacon
Journal Editorial by Greg Coleridge
7-22-05- Akron
Beacon Journal article in response to the published report by Greg Coleridge
5- 8-05 - So
Much For Reform Letter to the Editor by Greg Coleridge
12-23-04 - Letter to the
Editor by Greg Coleridge
10-7-03 - POLITICAL FUNDRAISING UNDER REFORM Read the Report /
View the Chart
CREATING DEMOCRACY WORKSHOP
An introductory,
participatory workshop on how to change laws and assert citizen authority
and power. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. Cost of
the workshop is $10.00 per person. Download pdf brochure. If you group
is interested in hosting a workshop, e-mail gcoleridge@afsc.org
MEDIA COVERAGE
7-15-10 - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason announces campaign finance reforms - Laura Johnston, The Plain Dealer
7-14-10 - Pictures from the Cuyahoga County Campaign Finance press conference:
7-13-10 - Citizens finishing roadmap for new county government - Laura Johnston, The Plain Dealer
6-27-10 - Group advises scuttling limits on campaigns - Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer
6-19-05 - Editorial - Scandals
Breathe New Life into Hagan's '04 Suit Alleging Corruption The Columbus Dispatch
People
Power Petition Drive
5-13-05 - What?
Me Work? A failed campaign shows Ohio's Democratic Party in all its
glorious suckitude. Cleveland Scene Article
3-22-05 - Columbus Dispatch Article
3-18-05 - Ohio Public Radio Interview w/Greg Coleridge
12-16-04 - League of Women
Voters Opposition
12-15-04 - Dayton
Daily News Article
TALKS/TESTIMONY
December 15, 2004 - Testimony
- Greg Coleridge
November 30, 2004 -Testimony
- Greg Coleridge
November 10, 2004 -Testimony
- Greg Coleridge
SB214 Action Alert
Referendum Petition
Talking
Points
CLEAN MONEY CAMPAIGN 2002/2003
4-10-03 - Mayor
backs off election ad ban - By Keith McKnight, Beacon Journal staff
writer
2-14-03
- Response to Editorial as submitted to the Beacon Journal by Greg Coleridge
2-6-03
- Consequences of `reform' - By Steve Hoffman, Beacon Journal editorial
writer
1-27-03 - OUR
OPINION - Beacon Journal Editorial - Back to the charter - Dollars and Democracy has prevailed in the courts. The case for effective
reform should return to voters.
1-25-03 - Campaign
finance law set in stone - Judge lifts freeze, ending 4-year
battle and making Akron's funding limits among toughest in nation -
by Julie Wallace, Beacon Journal staff writer
1-25-03 - Akron campaign
law to take effect by Steve Luttner and Stephen Koff, Plain
Dealer Reporter
1-22-03 -
Akron election reform upheld U.S. Supreme Court declines to review financial
limits for local campaigns by Julie Wallace, Beacon Journal
staff writer
-The Taft-Blackwell Bill Debate:
1-22-03 -
High court ends campaign law challenge (pdf)- By Stephen Koff
and Steve Luttner, Plain Dealer Reporters
12-20-02 - Letter to the
Editor in Response to J. Kenneth Blackwell from Terry McCoy, President,
League of Women Voters
12-17-02
- Akron Beacon Journal - Voice of the People - Take another look at
Taft-Blackwell bill -J Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State, Columbus
responds to Greg Coleridge's letter
12-6-02 -
Campaign bill shouldn't benefit corporations - Letter to the Editor
by Greg Coleridge - Akron Beacon Journal, Voice of the People
8-28-02 -
Reform Group Applauds Federal Court Decision - Press release by Greg
Coleridge, AFSC
5-24-02 - Finance
reform's battling not over. Its immediate effects are uncertain,
but fight likely to go on a while by Julie Wallace, Beacon
Journal staff writer
5-22-02
- Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Decision on the Citizen-led 1998
Campaign Finance Reform Initiative
City of Akron Voluntary Public Campaign Financing 2001
Clean Money Op Ed
10-18-01 -
Mayor Plusqellic crosses the line in clean money attack. Read
Greg Coleridge's letter to the Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal
10-12-01 - Granny D Thrown Out of City Hall!
10-11-01 - Granny
D, 91, nationally known proponent of campaign finance reform comes to
Akron, Ohio. Read more about this historic event.
9-6-01 - Open
Letter to Mayor Plusquellic and City Council
Doris "Granny D" Haddock Photo Credit: John Parker
8-29-01 - Clean
Money Campaign Objects to Poison Pill and Distortive Ballot Language
8-27-01 -
Proposed Charter Amendment
8-8-01 -
Clean Money Petitions Submitted
Akron Pay to Play Report
- Summary of three part series.
7-9-01 - Game 3 - Pay Ray to Play Scheme Unveiled
7-2-01 - Game 2 - Donor Favoritism and Corporate Welfare
through Tax Incentive Financing
6-14-01 - Game 1 - "Sweetheart Land Deals
CREATE REAL DEMOCRACY BLOG
Visit the "Create Real Democracy" blog!
BOOKS/REPORTS/VIDEOS
7-10 - Keep Akron's Campaign Finance Rules - by AFSC committee member Patti Longville - YouTube
Mayor of Akron Don Plusquellic's 2007 Campain Contribution Data:
Plusquellic 3 Page Report (pdf)
Download July 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
Download August 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
Download October 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
7-2005 - "Follow
the Law- A Report on the Compliance of Ward Councilpersons to Akron's
New Campaign Finance Laws"
Election Cycle 2002/2003 Campaign Finance Law
1998 Violations... Table 1 (pdf) / Table 2 (pdf)
Election 2003!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2003 - POLITICAL FUNDRAISING UNDER REFORM
An Analysis of the 2003 Campaign Finance Reports for Akron Mayoral Candidates
- Covering Friday Before Election Reports of Akron Mayoral candidates
- Don Plusquellic and Bryan Williams
Read the Report (pdf)
View the Chart (pdf)
UPCOMING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
LINKS
