Ableser preaching the gospel of publicly-financed elections

LD17's own State Rep. Ed Ableser was in Everett, Washington on this week as part of a group discussing the virtues of Clean Elections.

It didn't get a lot of local coverage, but a local blogger shoephone at Evergreen Politics was there, and wrote it up. Progressive national writer David Sirota was on the panel (he was the marquee name there), and he wrote about it, comparing the impetus for change in Washington state with the business-as-usual attitude in Washington, D.C.

Which is how I found out about the forum. :)

Clean Elections is not perfect yet (and probably never will be), but a system of publicly-financed federal elections are all but inevitable. The current system basically allows only the very wealthy (think: Jim Pederson) or those who suck up to the very wealthy (think: Jon Kyl) to run for office.

"Good Job!" to Representative Ableser (actually, he's still "Senator Ableser" for a few more days) for spreading the word.

Have a great weekend!

Note: some background on Rep. Ableser here. (AZ Rep)