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Monday, December 10, 2012

State Campaign Finance Office Clears Dykema Campaign on Senior Picnic

The Massachusetts Republican Party had alleged wrongdoing.

State Rep. Carolyn Dykema's campaign committee did not violate state campaign finance laws by accepting corporations' door prize donations for Dykema's anual picnic for area seniors this August, the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance says. The state agency ruled after investigating a complaint alleging the Dykema Committee "received corporate contributions from local incorporated businesses when those businesses donated gift certificates and merchandise to be distributed" during that event for seniors in Dykema's district, state campaign finance office Director Michael J. Sullivan told Dykema in a Nov. 20 letter. The Dykema campaign distributed the letter to the media Sunday night. The Massachusetts Republican Party …

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Dykema Wins Re-Election

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Kelly Roney

3:48 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

By the time the benefits of this economic mission start paying off, you will already have forgotten who you should thank for having foresight where you didn't.   more ›

Saturday, January 21, 2012

POLL: Should There Be Campaign Donation Limitations for Businesses?

The Supreme Court ruled two years ago today that there should be no limitations put on businesses/corporations when it comes to their campaign donations.

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  • Josh Gray
  • Saturday, January 21, 2012

Even the Supreme Court is isn't all that decisive when it comes to the issue of campaign finance and business in America.  While the 5-4 decision in Citizens United vs. The Federal Election Commission on Jan. 21, 2010 established an unprecedented freedom for businesses, corporations and unions to financially support their candidate of choice, it was an extremely contentious issue at the time and it remains one today, with members of government and special interest groups constantly trying to revise or legislate a new rule of law.  According to Wikipedia, the ruling "was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibits government from placing limits on independent spending for political …

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McGovern Seeks to Remove 'Person' Status from Companies, Limit Election Spending [POLL] (in Marlborough Patch)

Lee Wright

1:09 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012

There's no reason to believe that limitations on any type of activity, whether it's volunteering time or money, do anything more than communicate a message. And no reason to believe that voters, with the record number of tools and media outlets, aren't capable of sorting all of this out. In fact, we've seen time and again, that there is no necessary relationship between money spent and votes …   more ›

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