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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Wed May 8, 2013, 01:42 AM May 2013

Occupy New Mexico ‏@0ccupyNewMexico

WHOA! Corporations Sue City of #Albuquerque In Order To Wield More Influence Over City Elections, #citizensunited

http://www.scribd.com/doc/140047037/Corporate-interests-sue-to-end-ABQ-ban-on-contributions-by-city-contractors-to-Mayor

(Document at the link. I don't understand legal-ese. If this is what it appears, a win will open the floodgates nation-wide, yes?)

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Albuquerque: Corporate interests sue to end ABQ ban on contributions by city contractors to Mayor (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me May 2013 OP

"We wanna make our bribes legally!" Warpy May 2013 #1

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1. "We wanna make our bribes legally!"

Wed May 8, 2013, 02:07 AM

May 2013

I'll bet Johnson is behind this. He's a libertarian and owns Big J, one of the larger construction outfits in the state.