[EL] re “Federal investigators focus on small campaign donations to L.A. Councilwoman Nury Martinez”

[Lillie Coney]

I agree.  Unfortunately if mistakes in a local campaign election can now range from embarrassing to a federal investigation professional staff is something to seriously consider. Campaign mistakes or activity that violate election law can be career ending for candidates.  Even when candidates and staff including volunteers are   cleared of wrongdoing the damage has already been done to the candidate.

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> On Jan 24, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Scarberry, Mark <Mark.Scarberry at pepperdine.edu> wrote:
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> Lillie writes:
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> "The importance of professional campaign staff cannot be over stated even in a local election."
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> Shouldn't this be a point of profound concern? The LA city council is not a body of minor importance, and a serious candidate can afford professional staff. But that's not true, of course, of many candidates for local positions.
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> Mark
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> Mark S. Scarberry
> Pepperdine University School of Law
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>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Lillie Coney <coney at lillieconey.net> wrote:
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>> importance of professional campaign staff cannot be over stated even in a local election.
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