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April 2007


04/28/07 Brady aide quits over 527s

key campaign operative quit U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's mayoral campaign late yesterday, hours after acknowledging that he had advised others how to set up "independent" groups to attack Brady rival Tom Knox.

By: Craig R. McCoy, Andrew Maykuth, Thomas Fitzgerald
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

04/15/07 Knox's $5 million gift counters critics of loan

By pledging yesterday to turn his $5 million campaign loan into a gift, the millionaire in the mayor's race tried to deflect questions about his commitment to ending pay-to-play in City Hall.

By: Marcia Gelbart
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

04/10/07 Knox Camp, Urged to Limit Spending, Rolls it's Eyes

Tom Knox's response to a request that he limit his mayoral campaign spending? He's laughing all the way to the bank.

By: Catherine Lucey
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

04/08/07 Knox's spending, not campaign law, is issue

Since his first strong showing in the polls, some of the mayoral campaigns have been sniveling about millionaire Tom Knox's ability to outspend their candidates. They place the blame on the city's tough new campaign-contribution limits.

By: Zack Stalberg
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

04/05/07 Fattah's slip gives early look at money

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah's report (due May 4): He had $588,672.
Mayoral candidate Chaka Fattah missed a key reporting deadline this week, filing required information about his campaign's spending habits more than a month early.

By: Marcia Gelbart
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

04/03/07 Court Upholds Phila. Campgaign-Finance Limits

A state appeals court yesterday upheld Philadelphia's campaign-finance limits, ruling that the legislature did not expressly prohibit municipalities from controlling political donations in local races.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

04/01/07 Ethics Grows as Concern for Voters

Philadelphia may still be corrupt, but is it still contented?

By: Patrick Kerkstra
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer


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