After coasting to victory in the mayoral race, Ed Lee now faces a new challenge: paying for it.The mayor must move quickly to cover nearly $300,000 in campaign debt, according to finance filings released Tuesday by The City’s Ethics Commission. The mayor has attended about 10 fundraisers on his behalf since the Nov. 8 election win, according to his campaign manager, Bill Barnes.
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Mayor Ed Lee sailed to victory spending the most cash of any other candidate in the mayor’s race. As of Wednesday, reported spending to elect Lee to a four-year term totaled $2,682,859, which includes his campaign spending and those of third-parties groups, according to the Ethics Commission.
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c-Dirty Money
01/11/11 9:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.
WHAT: Becerra received $1,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee.
WHY IT'S DIRTY: General Motors was the recipient of a $60 billion taxpayer bailout last year that has not been paid back, so the automaker has no right to curry congressional favor at Americans' expense.
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c-Dirty Money
01/03/11 9:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio
WHAT: Tiberi received $1,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee.
WHY IT'S DIRTY: General Motors was the recipient of a $60 billion taxpayer bailout last year that has not been paid back, so the automaker has no right to curry congressional favor at Americans' expense.
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Honestly, I don’t know whether the soon-to-be-former Madam Speaker believes this or she’s just awesomely bad a spinning:
“We didn’t lose the election because of me,” Ms. Pelosi told National Public Radio in an interview that aired Friday morning. “Our members do not accept that.”
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