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Seattle Finds Facebook in Violation of City Campaign Finance Law (reuters.com)
Seattle's election authority said on Monday that Facebook is in violation of a city law that requires disclosure of who buys election ads, the first attempt of its kind to regulate U.S. political ads on the internet. From a report: Facebook must disclose details about spending in last year's Seattle city elections or face penalties, Wayne Barnett, executive director of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, said in a statement. The penalties could be up to $5,000 per advertising buy, Barnett said, adding that he would discuss next steps this week with Seattle's city attorney.
The far left "extortion" lane, you know, rather then add more driver lanes to an traffic system over capacity - State DOT added "toll" lanes and charges $12 per pass, or $24 per day (2 ways) unless you want to sit in traffic for 3 hours to drive 30 miles.
But that's the State... Wanna talk about Seattle, talk about the mandated "Safe Injection Sites" so drug users get clean needles and doctor oversight as they shoot up - courtesy of the tax payers.
Or Lynnwood Washington's 10.4% sales tax.....oh, again, that's not Seattle... where there's just no answer to the question "so how much of other peoples money do you need to spend?"