Wednesday, January 30, 2008

GETTING EDUCATED ABOUT POLITICS IN INDIANA

If you want to become an educated voter interested in the issues that affect the citizens and taxpayers of Indiana, here are two websites well worth getting acquainted with.

The 2007 voting record of our state legislators
http://www.finplaneducation.net/legislative_record.htm

Indiana Campaign Finance
http://www.indianacampaignfinance.com/INPublic/inHome.aspx

When you go to the Indiana Campaign Finance site, click on Search. Then click on Contribution Search and then Search By Candidate. Type in the name of the legislator you want to see campaign records for and in the contribution section you can choose what type of contributor. The list will show who contributed, when they contributed and how much they contributed.
When you see who contributes and how much is contributed to a legislator's election campaign, especially all the law firms, PACs, and labor organizations, you will begin to understand why some of our legislators vote the way they do and the power of the lobbyists.
Let's have the last laugh on Tuesday, May 6th by using the power of our vote. Let's make a change for better government.