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Initiative would limit campaign $$$

Bob Perry believes the representative form of government has been corrupted and he is looking for help to correct it. Perry has been working with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office to craft a citizens initiative that would only allow political candidates to accept campaign contributions from the people who can vote for the candidate. “This is going to get me in trouble because it is going to step on every political toe,” said Perry, who has run unsuccessfully for statewide office and for congress in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Perry, who moved to Coeur d’Alene four years ago, has spent considerable time trying to come up with an acceptable ballot title that he believes will begin to alter that culture of corruption/Jeff Selle, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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