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Ballot initiative money starts to flow
Monday, Sep 29, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller * A new PAC was formed earlier this month called the “Committee to Reduce Income Inequality & to Support Human Rights”…
Between Sept.11th and today, it has raised a total of $757,500…  * Since June 20th, the Committee to Raise Illinois’s Minimum Wage has brought in $602,853.41, including these top givers…  * Other ballot initiative committees which haven’t yet started reporting big contributions (although many or even most probably will) include Personal PAC’s Save Birth Control in Illinois committee, Planned Parenthood’s Illinois Votes for Birth Control, SEIU’s Raise Chicago, the IEA’s Fairness for Working Families, Blake Sercye’s Committee to Protect Illinois Voting Rights and the Marsy’s Law for IL Committee.
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- Anon - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:02 am:
I wonder if and when Mr. Rauner will talk about these initiatives, binding and nonbinding?
- Grandson of Man - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:05 am:
Good.
Two young men came to my door the other day from one of these campaigns, with a few more volunteers ringing bells across the street.
I very much support a minimum wage increase and millionaire surcharge (adjusted for inflation, this time). We need to put ourselves on stronger revenue footing and spend more political time dealing with other problems.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:12 am:
It is an ugly political industry. Create an initiative, then collect dough to promote it.
- walker - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:18 am:
Awfully late start. Sure hope they are already launched with a leader who knows how to spend it effectively over the next month.
- Team Sleep - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:20 am:
Wow. That’s a lot of scratch for a trio of nonbinding referendums.
- AlabamaShake - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:20 am:
BTW… lots of money is being spent through a different min wage PAC than the Raise Chicago PAC Rich mentioned.
http://tinyurl.com/pxemj46
- Rich Miller - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:24 am:
===lots of money is being spent through a different min wage PAC than the Raise Chicago PAC Rich mentioned. ===
Your link goes to Committee to Raise Illinois’s Minimum Wage, which is detailed in the post. Try reading a bit more carefully next time.
- AlabamaShake - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:27 am:
Ouch - you’re right. I somehow completely missed the second section of the post. My bad.
- Jeepster - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 10:46 am:
Rauner made a big mistake pushing term limits and redistricting reform. This is the response. Turnout will be impacted in a good way for Dem candidates.
- Formerly Known As... - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 11:03 am:
Ballot initiative money? Or reelect Democratic candidates money?
Same difference? /s
- Snucka - Monday, Sep 29, 14 @ 12:03 pm:
It’s “ugly” to raise money in support of a ballot initiative?? Does that also apply to the millions raised in support of term limits and “fair” maps?