December 10, 2004

In This Issue:


* Chicago TV Stations Billed Over $5 Million in Fall Campaign
* ICPR Sells Out
* How Much Was That Supreme Court Race?

Chicago TV Stations Billed Over $5 Million in Fall Campaign
George Bush and John Kerry ignored Illinois and Alan Keyes failed to give Barack Obama much competition, but don’t cry for the TV stations.  The lack of a tight top-of-the-ticket election didn’t hurt ad revenue for Chicago-area TV.  ICPR looked at 8 Chicago-area broadcasters and found out which stations billed the most, which aired the most spots, and which candidates and causes ponied up the cash to pay for it all.  For the details, click here.

ICPR Sells Out
Actually, the warehouse is supposed to be inexhaustible, but we’d love to get an e-mail saying they’ve run out.  ICPR is now offering T-shirts, coffee mugs, and other useful items featuring our instantly recognizable boot logo.  Just in time for the holidays!  As an added incentive, shop through December 20 and get $10 off orders of $50 or more by using coupon CPFESTIVE.  Click here for more.

How Much Was That Supreme Court Race?
Still trying to figure out how a single seat on the Illinois Supreme Court could cost over $8.5 million?  So are we.  But maybe these charts will help.  How all this money came into play is a story that’s not over yet, but here are some graphics that begin to outline the problem. Click here.

ICPR Spotcheck is a publication of The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, a non-partisan public interest group that educates, conducts research, and advocates reforms to promote public participation in government, address the role of money in politics, and encourage integrity, accountability, and transparency in government.

You have received this email because you are a subscriber to ICPR Spotcheck, the e-mail newsletter of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. It contains news and information on the activities of ICPR. If your email software does not support HTML, please read Spotcheck online at: http://ilcampaign.org/press/spotcheck.asp. To add or remove a name from this list, please e-mail nelly@ilcampaign.org.

© Copyright 2004. All material.