No shame, only self-interest. Bond package expands public campaign finance program and boosts maximum contribution to state party committee from $10k to $15k a year.

It’s never enough. Insatiable legislative partisans have used the annual bond package to thicken the lining of party coffers. A jarring provision in the bill written by House and Senate leaders raises the maximum annual contribution to a state party committee by an individual from $10,000 to $15,000.

The advent of a generous public campaign finance bill and the proliferation of self-funding moguls has left party committees scrounging for dough—and even missing a payroll now and then. Such suffering.

Provisions of the bond package also expand the public campaign finance bill by establishing grants of taxpayer money for convention campaigns. The bill also allows more coordination between largely lobbyist-financed legislative caucus campaign committees.

With just over two hours remaining in the legislature’s regular session, the public interest continues to take a battering.

Published June 7, 2023.