Join us in demanding that broadcasters who use the public airwaves provide a public benefit at election time. Join us in ending corporate contributions to political campaigns, for corporations are not people, and democracy is. Thank you all. People Magazine, three television crews and the Louisville-Courier Journal covered her arrival and her remarks as she scolded McConnell for standing in the way of U.S. campaign reform. Liz White, Vice-President of the League of Women's Voters of Kentucky, applied for a permit for the outdoor gathering a week before the event.
Permits normally require a day or two to process.
By Friday at 3 p.m., it still hadn't been issued. One of the secretaries told White they were waiting for a phone call from McConnell. White then immediately called the newspapers who asked what was going on. The General Service Admin istration denied having any contact with McConnell and the permit was then issued.