Campaign Finance Reform
Breaking News...
Mayor of Akron Don Plusquellic's 2007 Campain Contribution Data:
Plusquellic 3 Page Report (pdf)
Downloand July 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
Download August 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
Download October 2007 Contribution Forms (pdf)
Thursday, May 10, 2007 - Letter to the Editor - Akron Beacon Journal - "People or corporations?" - regarding the case for public financing of congressional election campaigns - by Greg Coleridge
July 17, 2006 - Letter
to the Editor Release! (pdf) regarding
the recent US Supreme Court decision striking down Vermont's political
campaign contribution limits, by Greg Coleridge.
January 12, 2006 - Press
Release - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM GROUP APPLAUDS CITY OF AKRON FOR
DITCHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW
July, 2005 - Follow
the Law- A Report on the Compliance of Ward Councilpersons to Akron's
New Campaign Finance Laws (pdf)
Also...download Election Cycle 2002/2003 Campaign Finance Law
1998 Violations... Table 1
(pdf) / Table 2 (pdf)
August 22, 2005 - AFSC's
Rebuttal to the Editorial posted in the Akron Beacon Journal (pdf)
July 26, 2005 - Akron Beacon
Journal Editorial (pdf)
July 22, 2005 - Akron
Beacon Journal article in response to the published report. (pdf)
Companion Report:
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)
Sunday, June 19, 2005 - Editorial - Scandals
Breathe New Life into Hagan's '04 Suit Alleging Corruption -(pdf)
- The Columbus Dispatch
Reform Ohio Now
Reform Ohio Now (http://www.ReformOhioNow.org)
is a statewide grassroots initiative campaign to place 3 amendments
on the ballot this November. One of the 3 amendment addresses campaign
finance reform.
The summary of that amendment reads:
The saturation of money into political campaigns is at an all time high.
We propose reducing the maximum individual contribution to $2000 for
statewide candidates and $1000 for General Assembly candidates. Corporate
contributions would be prohibited, and loopholes allowing minors to
make contributions would be tightened. This amendment also places overall
limits on total contributions by an individual to all candidates and
parties while limiting the amount parties can contribute.
Corruption in Ohio is rampant. A corporate pay-to-play system is not
new. A lawsuit was filed last year exposing many years worth of corruption
and corporate perversion of the political system in Ohio. See the article
above for a summary of that suit.
Help is needed to circulate Reform Ohio Now petitions
across the state. To help out, go to the Reform Ohio Now website and
sign up.
People
Power Petition Drive
May 13, 2005 - Cleveland Scene Article - What?
Me Work? A failed campaign shows Ohio's Democratic Party in all its
glorious suckitude. (pdf)
May 8, 2005 - So
Much For Reform (pdf)- Letter to the Editor by Greg Coleridge
March 22, 2005 -
Columbus Dispatch Article (pdf)
March 18, 2005 -
Ohio Public Radio Interview (pdf)
December 23, 2004 - Letter to the
Editor - Coleridge (pdf)
December 16, 2004 - League of Women
Voters Opposition (pdf)
December 15, 2004 - Dayton
Daily News Article (pdf)
December 15, 2004 - Testimony
- Greg Coleridge (pdf)
November 30, 2004 -Testimony
- Greg Coleridge (pdf)
November 10, 2004 -Testimony
- Greg Coleridge (pdf)
SB214 Action Alert (pdf)
Referendum Petition (pdf
- 946k)
Talking
Points
Clean Money Campaign 2002/2003
April 10, 2003 - Mayor
backs off election ad ban - Constitutional questions raised about that
part of Akron campaign reform - By Keith McKnight, Beacon Journal staff
writer (pdf)
February 14, 2003
- Response to Editorial as submitted to the Beacon Journal by Greg Coleridge (pdf)
February 06, 2003
- Consequences of `reform' - By Steve Hoffman, Beacon Journal editorial
writer (pdf)
January 27, 2003 - OUR
OPINION - Beacon Journal Editorial - Back to the charter - (pdf)
Dollars and Democracy has prevailed in the courts. The case for effective
reform should return to voters.
January 25, 2003 - Campaign
finance law set in stone - (pdf) Judge lifts freeze, ending 4-year
battle and making Akron's funding limits among toughest in nation -
By Julie Wallace, Beacon Journal staff writer
January 25, 2003 - Akron campaign
law to take effect (pdf) - By Steve Luttner and Stephen Koff, Plain
Dealer Reporter
January 22, 2003 -
Akron election reform upheld U.S. Supreme Court declines to review financial
limits for local campaigns (pdf) - By Julie Wallace, Beacon Journal
staff writer
-The Taft-Blackwell Bill Debate:
January 22, 2003 -
High court ends campaign law challenge (pdf)- By Stephen Koff
and Steve Luttner, Plain Dealer Reporters
December 20, 2002 - Letter to the
Editor in Response to J. Kenneth Blackwell from Terry McCoy, President,
League of Women Voters (pdf).
December 17, 2002
- 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 lette (pdf)
December 6, 2002 -
Campaign bill shouldn't benefit corporations - Letter to the Editor
by Greg Coleridge - Akron Beacon Journal, Voice of the People (pdf)
August 28, 2002 -
Reform Group Applauds Federal Court Decision - Press release by Greg
Coleridge, AFSC (pdf)
May 24, 2002 - Finance
reform's battling not over. Its immediate effects are uncertain,
but fight likely to go on a while (pdf)- by Julie Wallace, Beacon
Journal staff writer
VICTORY!!! - May 22, 2002
- Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Decision on the Citizen-led 1998
Campaign Finance Reform Initiative (pdf)
Clean Money Campaign 2001
City of Akron Voluntary Public Campaign Financing 2001
Clean Money Op Ed (pdf)
October 18, 2001 -
Mayor Plusqellic crosses the line in clean money attack. Read
Greg Coleridge's letter to the Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal (pdf)
October
12, 2001 - Granny D Thrown Out of City Hall! (pdf)
October 11, 2001 - Granny
D, 91, nationally known proponent of campaign finance reform comes to
Akron, Ohio. Read more about this historic event. (pdf)
September 6, 2001 - Open
Letter to Mayor Plusquellic and City Council (pdf)
August 29, 2001 - Clean
Money Campaign Objects to Poison Pill and Distortive Ballot Language
(pdf)
August 27, 2001 -
Proposed Charter Amendment (pdf)
August 8, 2001 -
Clean Money Petitions Submitted (pdf)
Akron Pay to Play Report
- Summary of three part series. (pdf)
June 14, 2001 - Game 1 - "Sweetheart Land Deals (pdf)
July 2, 2001 - Game 2 - Donor Favoritism and Corporate Welfare
through Tax Incentive Financing (pdf)
July 9, 2001 - Game 3 - Pay Ray to Play Scheme Unveiled
(pdf)
