• Peter A Reese
Western New York Politics

Professor Zephyr Teachout in Buffalo 

9/25/2015

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Law professor and author Zephyr Teachout was in Buffalo the other night (9/17/15) as the guest of the League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara (http://www.lwvbn.org/).    Her Topic was Money in Politics and she signed her book, Corruption in America.
Here at the Field of Dreams, we have been very busy saving the world and we apologize for the delay in posting the video.   The sound fades a bit as Teachout wanders about the stage, so turn up your volume.   Don't blame the audio on me; she was wearing a mobile fanny pack, but WNED needs a better way for big time media photogs like me to hook into their house audio system.   The video is pretty complete and is presented in three segments below.
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While I disagree with Teachout on the problem posed by the free speech rationing concepts presented by the US Supreme Court decision in Buckley v Valeo (1976)  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo), I'm still happy that we supported her against Emperor Andrew Cuomo in  2014.
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Terri Parks link
9/29/2015 09:54:34 am

It was so good to hear Zephyr Teachout's thoughtful comments about corruption in government and Money in Politics. Her work and words are important resources for us as we continue to work to make our elections more democratic again through reform in how political campaigns are financed.

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Janet Massaro
9/29/2015 12:21:45 pm

Thank you so much for making Zephyr Teachout's talk on Money In Politics available for those who were not able to listen to her insiring and challenging talk and for others - like me - to listen a second time.
What a pleasure to have such a dynamic, committed advocate for reform speak to our WNY community.

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