Monday, January 7, 2013

How Much is Enough When It Comes to Conduit Funds?

North of $170,000, apparently, according to Cap Times reporter Jack Craver.  Makes WLA's $700 look like less than a pittance.  (The Alliance for Libraries Fund is in the process of being phased out.)

 

Chiropractors pouring money into Wisconsin elections.  (The Capital Times, 1/7/2013)

Excerpt: In 2012, the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association's conduit fund directed $170,115 to state campaign committees. While that figure pales in comparison to the money doled out by larger interests, such as Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), it is likely a large enough amount to weigh on the conscience of a legislator when he or she is voting on a bill that could affect the chiropractic industry.  [Emphasis added.]

Elections, though, seem to bring out the big money.

The National Rifle Association, for example, spent $800,587.39 in the 2012 recall campaign-- most of it earmarked for anti-Barrett ads.

Right Direction Wisconsin, local political action committee of the Republican Governors Association, spent $9,410,008.32, nearly 60% to bash both Barrett and Falk.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Follow the Money:  PACs and corporations

For Wisconsin Library Association members, a consistently hands-on, participatory presence in political campaign activities is likely to be the more rewarding approach,

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