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		<title>The grassroots case for increased campaign finance limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the Public Ethics Commission takes up campaign-finance rules (PDF). Campaign donation and spending limits are justified by a vague but widely-accepted notion that money is not great for politics, and limited money levels the playing field, encouraging grassroots candidates and competitive elections. As someone who served on the campaign committee of a grassroots challenger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time for O-2-9</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday January 20 2009 the Oakland City Council will vote on final environmental and legal approval of the showcase Oak-To-Ninth (O29) development on two peninsulas comprising 64 acres immediately east of the Jack London District straddling the Lake Merritt Channel. 170 boat slips in two marinas, 200,000 square feet of retail space, 32 acres of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#039;s time for O-2-9</title>
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		<title>City Clerk Directed to Invalidate Oak to Ninth Referendum Petition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Russo&#8217;s office today issued an opinion (PDF &#8211; press release) directing Oakland&#8217;s city clerk to invalidate the Oak to Ninth Referendum Committee&#8217;s petition to place the Oak to Ninth project on the balllot. According to the City Attorney&#8217;s opinion (PDF &#8211; opinion), the petition violated California Elections Code by failing to attach the version [...]]]></description>
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