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April 04, 2005
Leaving my Blog in San Francisco
I have just finished reading the text(PDF) of a new San Francisco law regulating disclosure of financial ties during San Francisco elections cycles...
Yep. That’s all the law says. Given the way several people have reacted to this law, you’d think they were John Weidner’s home right this minute, USB Key drive in one hand, Mac OS10X.3 for dummies in the other for the crime of linking to then-candidate Bush’s website...
From what I can tell, though, this blog is actually more of a complement to the blogosphere. In essence, it says that anyone who gets paid by a candidate, and then talks about that candidate must disclose the payment. The complement part comes from the fact that Blogs are treated just like any other media-- and regulated the same way telephones are...
See, I can call my Grandmother and tell her to vote for Some San Francisco Candidate (SSC), and that’s not a problem. But when I am paid by SSC, and tell my Grandmother to vote for SSC, and don’t tell my Grandmother than East Bay Citizens for SSC slipped me a C note, that’s a problem. This bill applies the same logic to Blogs. I see no problem...
Posted by Andrew at April 4, 2005 08:08 PM
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