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from Port Folio Weekly by Cesca Janece Waterfield January 23, 2006 Number of candidates since 1976, when a campaign public financing law took effect, to resist public funding for both the primary and general elections: 1 (Hillary Rodham Clinton) Year that former Democratic Party chief Robert Strauss celebrated the initiative as inhibiting undue influence of corporations and individuals in campaign finance: 1986 Percentage of taxpayers who opt not to allocate $3 in tax revenue toward federal campaign funding: 90 Amount, in millions, Dominion Resources has gifted Commonwealth politicians in campaign contributions since 1997: 3.8 Number of times since 1997 that Dominion has pursued reform of state regulatory policy of their rates: 2 Number of profit cap restrictions that would affect Dominion in odd numbered years if their recent proposal is passed: 0 Amount Sen. Stolle, R-Virginia Beach has received in donations from Dominion since 1997: $37,947 Number of Virginia Beach residents appearing last week before the General Assembly to testify about her “payday loan” taken to pay an electric bill, whose loans now number 7: 1 Last week’s General Assembly vote that restricted the number of “payday loans” consumers may have at one time in the Commonwealth: 11 – 4 Amount that payday loan companies donated to Commonwealth politicians and political action committees in 2005: $280,000 Number of payday loan companies in Norfolk’s 5th District, the highest concentration statewide: 44 Number of donation checks Senator Yvonne Miller, D-Norfolk, returned from a payday loan industry spokesperson: 1 Number of South Hampton Roads leaders who opposed a bill that would have called for payday loan companies to make customers aware they can ask for payment extensions: 1 (Sen. Stolle, R-Virginia Beach) Sources: Daily Press, Richmond Times-Dispatch, New York Times, Virginian-Pilot Back
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