A Way Out of the Citizens United Mess?
by Kent Greenfield
Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in Citizen’s United v. FEC is perhaps the most activist decision of the Supreme Court since Bush v Gore, and might be just as harmful to the nation. There is a way out of this mess, but it will take quick action… In Humboldt County we also know what it’s like to be pushed around by large corporations. In 1999 Wal-Mart spent $250,000 in an attempt to change Eureka’s zoning laws. In 2004 Maxxam spent $300000 trying to recall our District Attorney …
