At the start, I should add that I may feel a little more passionately =
about this than many of you, as I have been involved in campaign finance =
reform for a long time.
However, Warren Sirota took the words out of my mouth, when he =
previously responded that:
>There is a larger issue, especially in this, a presidential election =
year. >And that is free access to electronic media, for the candidates =
from all >sides in an election, to have a no-charge forum to objectively =
air their >positions together. It is something the TV broadcast =
industry has fought >for years...Our Corner can be open to all =
candidates in a
>local election to state their case: "Vote for me because..." in 2kbytes =
or >less.
There are other possible ways of doing this than the specific one Warren =
proposes. And, as Bill Langham suggested, we may want to do this in =
conjunction with the League of Women Voters -- perhaps an electronic =
voter's guide. However, I think that we should certainly think about =
doing it. =20
As much as many of us may be unhappy with one or other (or many) =
politicians, they do hold important positions in the community and =
information about their views/talents is worthwhile information for the =
community. I might add that though they are not non-profit =
organizations in the eyes of the IRS, candidate's organization are in =
reality non-profit (or at least supposed to be according to the law).
I would welcome a discussion of this issue.
Regards,
Norm Jacknis