It seems absolutely ridiculous to me that a campaign has trouble identifying who their big givers are. Ten-thousand-dollar contributions don't go unnoticed.

To us it's critically important that we send a message that the disclosure law cannot be evaded. Twenty five thousand dollars is still a significant fine for the state board of elections.

It really just seems like (Kelly and Howard) need to disentangle a bit so that the good work can go on without any murky questions. There is far too much commingling of what is personal and what is political in this state.

The vast majority of judges are extraordinarily honorable people, but when you've got big dollars flying around and a lot of special interests circling like hornets over judicial elections, it creates an impression that ultimately is damaging to the judiciary.

We have allowed judicial elections in this state to become rough-and-tumble political battlegrounds.

We want to move from a culture of corruption to reform. It's time to get serious and give the public the government they deserve.