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Welcoming Remarks
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Fritz A. O'Hare S.J. 0
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0 1. See , e.g., Adam Clymer, From High to Low, Hopefuls for 2000 Are Awash in Funds, N.Y
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MICHAEL A. COOPER
President
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
NICOLE A. GORDON
Executive Director
New York City CampaignFinanceBoard
A Conference Sponsored by the New York
Campaign Finance Board
and the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
REFORM
City
JILL ABRAMSON
Dep. Bur. Chief Wash., D.C.,
New York Times
REBECCA AVILA
Executive Director,
L.A. City Ethics Committee
MARTIN BEGUN
Member,
New York City Campaign
Finance Board
MATTHEW CAROLAN
Executive Editor,
The National Review
MICHAEL A. COOPER
President,
Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
KATHLEEN CZAR
Executive Director,
MN Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Party
JOHN DOOLITITLE
United States Representative,
California
JOHN D. FEERICK
Dean,
Fordham University
School of Law
JOHN FUND
Editorial Board Member,
The Wall Street Journal
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
JOEL GORA
General Counsel,
New York Civil Liberties Union
NICOLE A. GORDON
Executive Director,
New York City Campaign
Finance Board
BILL GREEN
Member,
New York City Campaign
Finance Board
MARK GREEN
Public Advocate,
The City of New York
KEN GROSS
Partner,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
FRED HERRMANN, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
New Jersey Election Law
Enforcement Commission
HAROLD M. ICKES
Principal,
The Ickes & Enright Group
KEVIN KENNEDY
Executive Director,
Wisconsin Election Board
EDWARD I. KOCH
Former Mayor,
The City of New York
LARRY MAKINSON
Executive Director,
Center for Responsive Politics
JOSEPH MERCURIO
Political Consultant
LAWRENCE M. NOBLE
General Counsel,
Federal Election Commission
JOSEPH A. O'HARE. S.J.
Chairman,
New York City Campaign
Finance Board
TREVOR POTTER
Partner,
Wiley, Rein & Fielding
FREDERICK A.O.
SCHWARZ, JR.
Partner,
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
CHRIS SHAYS
United States Representative,
Connecticut
ROBERT STERN
Co-Director,
Center for Governmental Studies
PAUL TAYLOR
Executive Director,
Alliance for Better Campaigns
FROM THE GROUND UP:
LOCAL LESSONS FOR
NATIONAL REFORM
A Conference Sponsored by the New York City
Campaign Finance Board
and the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................
Nicole A. Gordon
Is "SUNLIGHT" ENOUGH? THE LIMITATIONS OF
D ISCLOSURE ...........................................
John D. Feerick (Moderator)
Jill Abramson
Matthew Carolan
John Doolitle
FredHerrmann, Ph.D.
Larry Makinson
POLICING THE POLITICIANS: MODELS FOR EFFECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT .........................................
Nicole A. Gordon (Moderator)
Rebecca Avila
Ken Gross
Lawrence M. Noble
Trevor Potter
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As this issue of the Fordham Urban Law Journal goes to press,
campaign finance reform at the federal level has emerged as a core
campaign issue for former Senator Bill Bradley and Senator John
McCain as they seek the Democratic and Republican nominations
for president. In fact, the front page of the "newspaper of record"
frequently carries stories that describe campaign finance scandals.'
The issue of campaign finance reform has occupied an
increasingly dominant place in American politics. Campaign finance
reform legislation has languished at the federal level while states and
cities have enacted various laws intended to curtail the pernicious
effects of large political contributions and, in some jurisdictions, to
alleviate the demand for these contributions by providing public
funds to candidates. Nationwide, for example, more than thirty
jurisdictions now have some program for providing public funds for
political campaigns.2 These field experiments in campaign finance
reform are invaluable sources of information and experience for
reformers and legislators who grapple with the complex issues of
electoral reform.
This information and experience, however, has been largely
ignored by those who have discussed campaign finance reform at the
federal level. Indeed, numerous well-intentioned proposals to
change the system, ranging from modest attempts to curtail the use
and flow of "soft money," to more far-reaching plans to require
one hundred percent public funding of campaigns, have often
lacked reference to th (...truncated)