Martin Austermuhle on Twitter: "#BREAK: D.C. Council committee approves bill 5-0 creating public financing program for candidates for elected office. If bill passes full Council, qualifying candidates would get public funds to run campaigns. NYC has program, MoCo just implemented its own."

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Reporter & Editor, @wamu885, D.C.'s NPR station. Former Editor-in-Chief, @dcist. Swiss-born, Northeast D.C. resident, Dad. martin (at) wamu (dot) org. DMs open.

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1. Mark Lee‏ @MarkLeeDC 13 Dec 2017
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  Translation: DC Council Judiciary Committee votes to advance campaign public financing bill giving candidates $60K-$70K in tax funds after raising only $5K. (Thought Experiment: How many future DC Council Mbrs. will win seats after winning only a small minority of primary votes?)
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1. JMC‏ @jayehmsee 13 Dec 2017
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  With no private funds allowed?
  
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1. BETTER schools - NOT more schools!!‏ @DCFullyPopped 13 Dec 2017
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  How's DC gonna keep popping-up if I can drop a few dollars to my friends?
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1. R.Denise Everson, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA‏ @rdenise80 13 Dec 2017
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  Level playing field?
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