It doesn't take a CPA to understand that money influences politics, but it does require a certain bloodhound/watchdog breed to sniff out corruption on the campaign finance trail – and then alert the rest of us. This is where Craig McDonald of Texans for Public Justice, Fred Lewis of Campaigns for People, and Cris Feldman, a laywer in private practice (formerly of TPJ), come into play. They were among the first to make hay out of the millions in secret corporate dollars that went toward the purchase of the GOP-controlled Legislature. Was it an illegal takeover? That's up to a Travis County grand jury and the courts.
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