Word: campaigners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Neil F. Hartigan off the hook. Once a man who sounded at times like a foe of abortion, it was his department that would have argued for the restrictions when the case came before the Supreme Court. But Hartigan will be running for Governor next year. Now he can campaign as a defender of -- what else? -- abortion rights...
...Washington, where rhetoric and reality constantly collide, the "stealth budget" will enable the President to continue to spout his well- worn 1988 campaign bromide -- "Read my lips, no new taxes." How can he get away with it? Because that bugaboo of the Republican right, the income tax, was left untouched. Instead, Administration and congressional budgeteers hiked levies on oil and chemicals, advanced the collection dates for various taxes, and increased fees on such items as tickets for international air travel and cruises. Except for a leap in the amount of personal income subject to Social Security taxes from...
When Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley appointed a special commission in April to come up with a new city ethics code, critics dismissed it as a face-saving device. After all, Bradley had just narrowly won re-election after a campaign that centered on his alleged ethical lapses -- including his serving as a paid adviser to two banks that did business with the city. But last week the seven- member panel proved it was no rubber stamp. It proposed a code of conduct for city employees and elected officials that may be the most stringent in the country...
...income, including honorariums, for decision-making officials. Former officials could not lobby city departments for one year after leaving the payroll, and would be permanently barred from acting as lobbyists or advocates on matters directly related to their government employment. Candidates for city office would be forbidden to raise campaign funds until nine months before an election, and partial public funding would be available for hopefuls who agreed to spending limits...
...watchdog agency with the power to impose civil fines of up to $5,000, or as much as three times the amount involved in a violation. Keeping city officials aboveboard will not be cheap. The additional personnel, office space for housing the mountain of new disclosure forms, matching public campaign funds and mandatory ethics training for every city department are expected to cost between $2 million and $4 million a year...