Critics question propriety of financial contributions to bond campaigns
June 4, 2012
Many contributions come from businesses that stand to benefit from proposals
From The Bay Citizen: As voters around California prepare to decide on more than two dozen local school bond proposals, the campaigns promoting many of them are funded largely by businesses that stand to benefit financially. Bond campaigns draw small contributions from community members and school officials, but the larger donations often come from companies that work for the school districts: architects, construction companies, and the financial and law firms hired to work on selling the bonds.