Neighbor Watching - HB Campaign Contribution Edition Continued

As a continuation of my post yesterday, I saw that Red County also wrote something about Huntington Beach getting rid of campaign limits.

Red County also condemns the Independent Expenditure Committees, going further with a previous post at the beginning of April showing just how much money these IE Committees have spent for State Legislative Races since Campaign contribution limits came in place, linking to the California Fair Political Practices Commission website report.

Here are some excepts from Jubal's post:

"In 2000 -- when there were no state contribution limits -- total independent expenditure committee spending on legislative races was $376,000."

"In 2006 -- with contribution limits -- total IE spending on legislative races exploded to $23.8 million."

"This is just more evidence that contribution limits do not get money out of politics -- they simply re-direct campaign spending away from the control of candidates and into the hands of IE committees. They diffuse accountability and make it more difficult for candidates to communicate with voters."

So instead of hearing from candidates, you'd be more likely to hear from the Political Consultant, as IE Committees were responsible for sending out more Campaign Mailers than most of the 2006 Newport Beach City Council candidates.

Are we electing the Consultant to the City Council?

In Newport Beach...we kinda did...