MONEY AND ETHICS...

Try as we might, we cannot legislate ethics.

Those who lack the moral fiber to “respect right and wrong actions” or “goodness and badness of motives” will face the same choices regardless of what law is created.

My suggestion is this:
Campaign reform and aid could be a tool for limiting the influence peddling that is so intrenched in politics.

Channel 18 is a publicly paid television station that the City currently spends close to half a million dollars on.
Why not use it to educate the residents on an equal basis of ALL candidates and their positions.
I can think of no higher purpose then to share this outlet for the betterment of the electorate at the polls.
It could be one resource for fair exposure, therefore eliminating the need to raise vast amounts of money (hence minimizing the “taking money from lobbyist or developers”).
It would allow for a clean and fair venue for candidates to “get their message out”.
If we recognize that there does not need to be such a gluttony of media or glossy fliers in the mailbox to reach the voters, then we can alter the amount of money needed to run a campaign.

This at least begins to address ina small way, one area of the “money” portion of corruption.