From Deseret News archives:
GOP opposing plan to ease donation rule
The change is part of a campaign finance reform proposal being pushed by county Councilwoman Jenny Wilson that would put a $2,000 cap on campaign donations. The current $5,000 limit was put into place last year by then-Deputy Mayor Alan Dayton in the last days of former Mayor Nancy Workman's administration.
Wilson has proposed removing Dayton's prohibition on county contractors contributing to political campaigns. That measure was a major component of Dayton's ethics reforms before he left office.
But Wilson told the Deseret Morning News the provision is potentially unfair and too confusing, raising questions of who is considered a county contractor.
That has county Republican Party chairman James Evans accusing Wilson and Mayor Peter Corroon both Democrats of backtracking on their pledge to clean up county government.
But Corroon said Evans is just plain wrong.
"It's complete nonsense," he said. "I actually gave the council a proposal that would leave the contractor language in there but just define what a contractor is. It has nothing to do with me."
And Wilson agreed, saying she came to her version of the reforms after working with an advisory group of citizens. "I have not had any direct marching orders by Peter or any indirect orders," Wilson said.
If the proposal passes at today's council meeting, Evans said he will seek to bring the issue to a voter referendum to "let the voters in Salt Lake County make it absolutely clear that they don't want contractors" donating to campaigns.
"Clearly the centerpiece of this is repealing the contractor ban," he said. "That puts the county leaders back in the same boat as being corrupt and subject to undue influence. How is that cleaning up county government?"
But Wilson said the contractor ban seemed unfair and arbitrary.
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