So to me, since you are creating a filter in all of these tests, you might ask if a filter fixture would be better.  Part of the reason our spec tests are so slow is that we are create() ing models before every test.  One of things are fine to do with FactoryGirl, but if you just need a fitler already created in a bunch of tests (like you do here), defining a single filter fixture would be great and could be used elsewhere.

I'm still gonna ACK this PR, but i think a fixture might be better in this case.