YES! Magazine: Florida Town Proposes a Ban on Super PACs, What Could Happen? Posted on July 22, 2016 (July 24, 2016) Yes! Magazine covered last night’s vote in St. Petersburg on our proposed city ordinance, that would ban super PACs and foreign-influenced corporations from spending in local electionsRead More
BREAKING: Victory! FSFP Wins First Vote In Proposed St. Petersburg Ordinance To End Super PACs & Foreign Influenced Spending in Elections Posted on July 22, 2016 (October 26, 2016) On Thursday, July 21, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council voted 6-1 to move forward for consideration our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections. Read More
FSFP Takes On Super PACs & Foreign Spending in FL Elections Posted on July 21, 2016 (July 21, 2016) Check out a full recap on today’s city council vote in St. Petersburg, Florida on whether to move forward our proposed city ordinance to end super PACs and fight foreign-influenced corporations in local elections.Read More
The American Prospect: Plotting the End of Super PACs Posted on July 21, 2016 (October 2, 2018) The American Prospect reported on our latest initiative to abolish super PAC spending and ban foreign-influenced corporations from spending in local Florida elections. Read More
FSFP To Take On Super PACs And Foreign Money In Florida Elections Posted on July 20, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Building off of our momentum from our recent filing of the FEC complaint to end super PACs, FSFP is preparing to launch a new campaign in St. Petersburg, Florida, that will create another test case to challenge super PACs and foreign money in elections. Read More
Tampa Bay Times: Keep Super PAC Cash Out of St. Petersburg Elections Posted on July 17, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Free Speech For People counsel, Scott Greytak and Vice Chair of the St. Petersburg City Council, Darden Rice, co-authored a column in the Tampa Bay Times on the corrupting influence of Super PACs and how a new ordinance could curb outside spending. Read More
Stream Audio From The FEC Forum On Corporate Political Spending & Political Influence Posted on June 28, 2016 (June 28, 2016) FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub hosted a forum on “Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence.”Read More
Laurence Tribe & Scott Greytak: “Get foreign political money out of US Elections” Posted on June 22, 2016 (June 22, 2016) Our Scott Greytak and Harvard Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, co-authored an op-ed posted to The Boston Globe on how foreign political money and U.S. political spending.Read More
Surge Pricing for American Elections Posted on June 3, 2016 (November 29, 2018) A $3.5 Billion investment from the Saudi Arabian government to Uber may have just given the Saudi kingom an “Uber loophole” to influence American politics. Scott Greytak explains what this could mean for our elections. Read More
Scott Greytak on Williams-Yulee Anniversary: “Your Right to a Fair Trial, On Trial” Posted on April 29, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Our counsel discusses the one-year anniversary of Williams-Yulee and what’s on the horizon for judicial elections in an op-ed posted today in U.S. News & World Report. Read More