Friday, October 17, 2014

Dollars and Elections

 The oil giant Chevron has a major refinery in Richmond and has been in a battle with city officials and residents over safety at the facility following a large fire in 2012. The current mayor, Gayle McLaughlin, is an oil company critic who filed suit against the energy company following the 2012 disaster.

Chevron, using its virtually unlimited financial resources, has targeted candidates for city council who who have voiced criticism of the company by backing its own preferred slate of city council  candidates to the tune of $3million. Chevron is trying to buy Richmond City Hall at $120 per voter.

That's called oligarchy, not democracy. That’s capitalism, folks.

from here

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