http://www.campaignmoney.org/taxonomy/term/795/0 en http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/04/30/chance-to-run Bob Ferguson, a King County Councilmember in Washington reflects on his first run for office, the money he needed to fund it, and the reason he supports a move towards full public financing of election in his county<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004381529_ferguson30.html"> in this op-ed for the <em>Seattle Times</em>.</a><p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/04/30/chance-to-run">read more</a></p> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/04/30/chance-to-run#comment Public Financing Seattle Washington Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:19:40 -0500 Katie Schlieper 238357 at http://www.campaignmoney.org http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/03/25/coordinating-contributions <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004301606_burgess24m.html">This <em>Seattle Times </em>article </a>explains controversy around a series of donations made by firefighters unions that may have been coordinated to skirt contributions limits. Of particular interest are contributions to a Seattle City Council member, Tim Burgess who used to sit on the city ethics commission.<p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/03/25/coordinating-contributions">read more</a></p> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/03/25/coordinating-contributions#comment campaign contributions Public Financing Seattle Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:54:53 -0500 Katie Schlieper 231463 at http://www.campaignmoney.org