April 07, 2004

Cleanup hitter

Just call me the Idea Man. I may be short, but I think big. I'm talking New York Times here, folks. And those hippie policy magazines they sell at Nature's (or whatever they call it now).

Take my latest: local campaign finance reform. It's a beaut. Public funding of local election campaigns. With this system, I might actually be mayor some day without having to kiss up so much.

How will we finance it? Heck, I don't know. I was thinking maybe a tax on pizza deliveries, but that went over like a lead balloon. Maybe a tax on lobbyists -- yeah, that's the ticket.

Mom says she's with me, but the three other guys on the Council look like they're no's. Geez, I wonder why?

The other thing I'm all about is persistence. I'll keep beating this drum. We're at, what, over $1 million spent on the PGE deal? So don't think I'm going away after only a hundred thousand on this one.

UPDATE, 5:48 pm: Aha! Victory! How interesting that Gentleman Jim came on board at the last minute. He had a few suggestions. Yeah, like whatever we do, it should start no earlier than Nov. 10. LOL.

In the old days, I'd be off to the Lucky Lab for a victory party with the OSPIRG crowd. But the times they are a'changin', folks -- I've got a date with the Diaper Genie.

Posted by Erik at April 7, 2004 07:02 AM
Comments

Erik,

- How to pay for publicly financed local election campaigns...

Why not just add another surcharge to the sewer bills of East Portland?

Those rubes aren't voting for you anyway.

Posted by: PanchoPdx at April 7, 2004 10:18 AM