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“The fact that they only gave money when he was doing these final rules, that more than ever really raises flags. There’s something fishy going on.”
Rep. Mark Ferrandino, commenting on campaign contributions from payday lending companies to Attorney General John Suthers as Suthers writes regulations to implement a new payday lending law, as reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, August 13, 2010

Buescher to delve into donor laws on Colorado level

By Charles Ashby, The Grand Junction Sentinel,
January 24, 2010

DENVER — Secretary of State Bernie Buescher wants to save the state — and the Republican Party — some time and money.

That’s why he’s calling campaign finance legal experts from all sides into his office today to find out exactly what the U.S. Supreme Court did in its decision that threw out many of the nation’s donor laws.

The Democrat said it’s clear his office and the General Assembly have to do something to adjust Colorado law to match the decision, so a promise from the Colorado Republican Party to challenge the state’s campaign finance laws that mirror the now-unconstitutional federal ones shouldn’t be necessary.


For the full story, please visit http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2010/01/24/012510_3a_do...

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