It's less than a week before the 2013 Florida Legislative session commences in Tallahassee, and one of House Speaker Will Weatherford's stated priorities is campaign finance reform.
The Wesley Chapel based legislator called the state's current $500 cap on individual campaign contributions "archaic," saying he wants to increase the limit to $10,000, as well as eliminate the political committees of continuous existence (CCEs).
CL talked to Republican Representatives Jamie Grant (Hillsborough County) and Mike Fasano (New Port Richey) about the issue.
Fasano announced in early February that he would close his CCE and distribute the more than $100,000 that it contained to various charity groups, with a majority of it going to The Volunteer Way, a hunger relief charity.
This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2013.