In response to the success that Tom Knox is having with spending his bags of money, I heard through the grape-vine that certain City Council members are going to introduce a bill to suspend or repeal the current contribution limits. The motivation is unclear and my sources are reliable enough for this to raise my typically skeptical eye-brow.

Maybe you can explain to me (or even better one of the contributing council members) (1) why this would be necessary; (2) if you have heard the same thing; and (3) if you would support such a move.

In my typically very humble opinion--laws and representative democracy should be taken seriously. We should not go about changing the law whenever it suits us--remember, there was a reason why they were passed the first time, consensus or compromise. Politics may be a game to those who hold office, but it has serious results for everyone else--way beyond collecting a pay check.

I swear, I will vigilantly keep my eyes on bills introduced in council to this effect and do whatever I can as a citizen to ensure this does not occur. We must realize that this would be a travesty to the non-mayoral, council candidates--some of whom are our friends, a mockery of any efforts to curb the influences of outsiders and interests in our political process, and ultimately self-centered politics. Most candidates are not millionaires like Knox financing his own campaign entirely--in Philly he is an anomaly, so the benefits are really not there either. I am not the one to ring the fire-bell, but let's be really attentive to this and other developments.