Deseret News | Reader comments: Campaign finance loophole should be closed

Reader comments
Bob Bernick Jr.: Campaign finance loophole should be closed

Sideline | 6:22 a.m. May 9, 2008

Wow, what a groundbreaking story! They "could have" but "did not". I think the Governor should call an emergency special session and get this door closed immediately. Another yawner of a story.

Anonymous | 7:37 a.m. May 9, 2008

It's Bernick. What do you think? Time to put the guy out to pasture or move him to the SL Trib.

Sunshine best disinfectent | 8:45 a.m. May 9, 2008

No, I think this raises a serious concern. Voters should be able to know who is contributing to their elected official and this loophole makes that impossible during the primary season, which in Utah is when most candidates are chosen. Keep shining light into Utah's dark spaces.

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Open Your Eyes | 2:18 p.m. May 9, 2008

This is not earth shattering news. We can already go to the Lt Governor's website to review campaign contribution disclosures. It's all public information. The sunshine exists. Just because you close your eyes, doesn't mean the sunshine disappears for the rest of us.

Missed Point | 2:03 p.m. May 12, 2008

Open your eyes you missed the whole point. Politician are hiding what they are raising in PAC's that they start themselves. Such as the Speaker PAC that Speaker Curtis has. Most people are looking at the campaign accounts and not the PAC's. Just another smoke and mirrors job our legislators are using on the citizens of Utah. We need some laws that protect us from our lawmakers.

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