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Husted wants ‘transparency’ in campaign expenditures
When some well-known person appears on TV to endorse - or blast - a ballot issue, such as the recent casino plan, state Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, thinks voters should be able to find out if the spokesperson is getting paid.
“That may change their minds on the validity of that person’s endorsement,” Husted said on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
He said that he soon will introduce legislation to require that expenditures made by “so-called campaign sub-vendors” or third parties who act on behalf of a campaign, be disclosed publicly.
Currently, campaign committees can give money to a sub-vendor, such a a political consultant, to make expenditures for the committee. The campaign committee is not required to disclose how the consultant spent the money.
During the recent casino campaign, former Ohio Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow, for example, appeared in TV ads endorsing the casinos but it’s not known whether she was paid, Husted said. Voters approved casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.
Withrow, reached by phone, declined to answer whether she had been compensated.
Husted said the change should be made for future campaigns.
“I’m not picking a fight with the casino people,” said Husted.
Bob Tenenbaum, spokesman for the pro-casino Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee, declined to say how much he was paid.
“We followed the law,” said Tenenbaum. “If the law changed, we’d follow that law.”
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By A is A
December 22, 2009 1:05 PM | Link to this
The ONLY time a Republican wants to change electoral or campaign law is when he thinks he can gain a benefit from it.
By Kettering Voter
December 22, 2009 12:36 PM | Link to this
Husted wants full disclosure???!!! LOL!!! Hey dood, went by your house today - looked like nobody was home! Husted = LIAR.