Mr. Rybak has made claims about illegal bundling of money, about elected officials being "bought" by $50 donations, about corporations buying favor by directing their employees to donate to campaigns. To be consistent with the concerns that Mr. Rybak has put out, if it is possible for contributions from employees of corporations to "taint" a politician as Mr. Rybak has alleged, then it is also possible for contributions (financial or in-kind aid) from employees in a union to "taint" a politician. Accepting non-financial help is the same as accepting financial help given Mr. Rybak's comments in the past. My question to Mr. Rybak is to understand whether will be accepting non-monetary aid and going against the philosophy about campaign contributions that he has put forward or whether he will stay consistent with the philosophy he has espoused and reject any kind of aid that would "taint" him.
Carol Becker Longfellow Who is continuously fascinated by the labels that people keep trying to hang on her and their purpose in doing so And whose beliefs on this issue differ with Mr. Rybak's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Driscoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Will the great defender of Ms. Sayles Belton ask the same questions of her > candidate? And I want to hear nothing about "Sharon never promised not to > take PAC money." as an answer. > > Of course, all volunteers have to be accepted. What nonsense to suggest > volunteers are an in-kind contribution. Volunteers are hardly the same as > money collected and disbursed by the "corporate" body vs. the individual > decision to put time into a campaign. > > Reaching. Reaching. Desperation time, people. > > Andy Driscoll > Saint Paul > > Will Mr. Rybak be accepting something more valuable than cash donations, > > volunteers provided by the union? > > > > There isn't a difference between taking cash donations or getting volunteers > > which mean that you have to spend less cash. Dozens of volunteers to make > > phone calls or drop literature means that you don't have to spend money on > > paid phone callers or postage. They seem exactly the same to me. > > > > Perhaps Mr. Rybak can respond as to whether he will be accepting volunteers > > provided by the union? > > > > Carol Becker > > Longfellow > > > > > > From: "R.T.Rybak" > > > >> To clarify a point in David's post, I do not accept PAC money so I will > > not > >> be taking any from the federation or the professional employees, who > >> endorsed me last week. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
