EDITORIAL REFORM DISINCENTIVE.LOS Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors have a funny notion of how to strengthen campaign finance rules. Last week, they adopted a law that allows fines up to $5,000 for county office-holders who accept more than $1,000 per donor or any donations from registered lobbyists. Sounds tough, until you read the fine print. The Campaign Finance Ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been requires that anyone who violates the law will be notified, then given 30 days to return the money and avoid paying a fine. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , the supervisors have put their stamp on a ``reform'' that actually encourages people to try to beat the system. There's no reason not to because if caught, all they have to do is give the money back with no penalties. If no one finds out, it's theirs to keep. It's a no-lose law for cheaters. The only disincentive dis·in·cen·tive n. Something that prevents or discourages action; a deterrent. disincentive Noun something that discourages someone from behaving or acting in a particular way Noun 1. built into the law is negligible: The Registrar-Recorder's Office will print up an occasional report listing violators' names, and this might embarrass embarrass /em·bar·rass/ (em-bar´as) to impede the function of; to obstruct. em·bar·rass v. To interfere with or impede (a bodily function or part). them. But the only thing embarrassing about this new campaign law is that anyone could call it reform while keeping a straight face. |
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