The Examiner, Opinion From Readers, published Thursday, 9/11/08.
Candidates who take public financing to fund their campaigns are taking from the needy.
The mayor and supervisors overspent the $6.5 billion city budget by $338 million. To balance it, supervisors have cut $2.5 million in services for seniors, teens, emergency services and home nursing. But they did not touch $5 million in the budget to fund political campaigns, and the mayor approved the cuts. San Francisco does not need public financing to keep candidates honest, we simply need honest candidates.
Mike DeNunzio
Candidate for supervisor, District 3
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