It was devastating, but a small amount of education would go along way. We have a very good cable access and I think it would be crucial to make that a part of our cable programs because it affects all of us. The problem is I can't force our local newspaper to focus on it. It's a community effort. Unfortunately it is not just a city of Dayton problem it is a national problem.
Campaign finance is the equivalent of freedom of speech.
If you look at the amount of money spent in getting political messages to voters it is miniscule relative to most other expenses in our economy. Voters need to be more informed, not less informed. Voters need to hear more messages, not less messages. Our political health depends upon access to information. Having been an underfunded candidate myself it is easy for me to say yes, we need restrictions.