| Readers of this blog know that most of us here, myself included, were not big fans of the way Tom DiNapoli was selected for comptroller, nor were we fans of his initial, err... lack of knowledge on anything related to economics.
However, after over a year in office, I am personally willing to eat some crow and admit that DiNapoli has been doing some very good things.
Chief among them is today's decision to abide by self-imposed campaign finance restrictions:
*The committee will not accept contributions totaling more than $10,000 per contributor per election. This limitation applies to contributions made directly by the contributor and to each contributor's share of any contributions attributed from a partnership or limited liability company ("LLC") account.
The committee will not accept contributions totaling more than $5,000 per calendar year from a corporation, in accordance with the New York Election Law.
*The committee will not accept contributions from employees of the Office of State Comptroller and the committee will not accept contributions from any contributor that has responded to an RFP for investment or legal business with the New York State Common Retirement Fund (from the date the RFP is issued through the ninetieth day after the initial contract is signed).
*The committee will also not accept contributions from any contributor acting as a placement agent in an investment transaction or acted as a placement agent in an investment transaction that closed with the Fund in the preceding twelve months.
Other DiNapoli goodness has involved sober but necessary budget predictions and making more environmentally-sound investments with the state's pension fund.
So I guess the lesson here is that even if a politician makes a bad first impression to the blogosphere, if they do a good job, we will give them their due. |
