You can bet the final hours of any legislative session will be chock full of shenaningans and hijinks.
This short session’s no different. Just review the past few days of the Locker Room.
Next comes word that the House had moved Senate Bill 20, aka tax-funded welfare for politicians, to its calendar today. The bill would expand “pilot” matching fund schemes for municipal elections and put the race for state treasurer under the public-financing regime.
As we’ve pointed out repeatedly, the state’s existing matching funds system probably violates the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 Davis v. FEC decision.
SB 20 would merely double down on an already suspect law that stifles political advocacy. And guarantee litigation that will cost taxpayers money they don’t have for a case the state will almost certainly lose.
Other than that, it’s a stellar idea.
