Whitehall weighs cap on campaign contributions.

Good policy. Due to the smaller scale, local elections can easily be bought and paid for by special interests. Case in point. If you recall this was attempted when I first ran in 2013. An out of town special interest PAC pumped a ton of money into the 3 incumbents campaigns. So much so that as a group those incumbents actually ran television commercials. Unprecedented in a local township race. At one point, it got so ridiculous that residents were bombarded with numerous robo calls bought and paid for by that same PAC. You could tell immediately the PAC had no actual ties to the area since the recording actually mispronounced “Macungie”. End of the day it didn’t matter as we prevailed with our much lower budget because we focused on an issues based  campaign centered around hitting doors.

These limits make good sense. While we don’t have them in Lower Mac, I’d support a similar initiative. Absent of having limits in place, candidates can always self limit. And I’ve done just that. For this cycle no person, PAC, organization or entity can contribute more than $75.00 to my campaign. 

The first year I ran, I did receive a number of donations well above that amoun. Those folks got no special influence. Still, I want to completely eliminate even the perception that any single person or entity ever could. Certainly not due to disproportionately large contributions. The simple solution is a contribution cap. One self imposed if need be. Does that mean leaving money on the table? Yes. But it’s the right thing to do.

I also believe that more donations of smaller amounts is much more meaningful than just a few large ones. In a week I’ve raised just over 300 dollars. The average donation has been 40 bucks. Some as high as $75 and 1 as low as $10.  Goal is $2,500. Plenty for signs, 1-2 high quality informational mailers, postage, a kickoff event and palm cards.

Will you help me raise $2,500 with a small donation today? A donation of any amount up to $75.00 is very helpful. Even small amounts go a long way. A donation of 5 dollars pays for a sign. 25 dollars is about 75 mailers with postage.

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