ACTION ALERT: Have Your Say on Contribution Limits and Public Financing of Elections

From Matt Brix, Executive Direction, Common Cause NM:
It's time again for the next ethics and campaign reform task force meeting! Please come, make a statement during public comment period, or just let members of the task force know the public is engaged in the process.

The next two meetings of the ethics and campaign reform task force will be Wednesday, September 20, 9:00 AM, and again on Thursday, September 21 at 9:00 AM.  Both meetings will be held in Santa Fe at the New Mexico Roundhouse, Room 307.  See here for a full agenda and minutes from past meetings.

The meetings this week are especially important because we will focus on the key issues of campaign contribution limits and public financing of campaigns. 

I will be giving the report on public financing and it would be great to have a lot of support from Common Cause members and friends.

This is really one of the last shots we have to push hard for a forceful final report to the governor.  We know how the public feels (Albuquerque Journal subscription required to view story) about these issues. A recent Journal poll showed 90% of respondents favored limits on campaign contributions. With a good report from the ethics task force, we will have a better chance of passing strong ethics and campaign reform legislation during the 2007 session. Please take this opportunity to speak out on the issues!

Thank you, I look forward to seeing you at the task force meetings on September 20 and 21!