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Election--April 2007


04/28/07 Brady aide quits over 527s

A 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, and Thomas Fitzgerald
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

04/26/07 Committee of Seventy Raises Serious Concerns About Formation of "527" Committees

The Committee of Seventy today called the creation of “527” committees “another brazen attempt to avoid the City’s campaign finance law.”

By: Zack Stalberg
Source: Press Release

04/19/07 The Committee of Seventy

The Committee of Seventy supports keeping on the May 15th primary ballot a question that seeks voter approval of an amendment to the Home Rule Charter regulating the location of casinos within the City of Philadelphia.

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: Philadelphia Inquirer


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