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Public Forum to Address Money in State Courts - a public forum in Oshkosh on two bills in front of the Wisconsin legislature dealing with special interest groups and fund raising in state Supreme Court elections.

The event, “Money in Our Courts: An Oshkosh Public Forum,” will be Monday, June 29 at 6:30 p.m. at South Park in Oshkosh (700 South Park Avenue). Guests include Rep Gordon Hintz, Beverly Speer of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and David Keck, a Winnebago County Court Commissioner.

The forum is part of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s Judicial Independence Project, an effort to better inform the public on the role campaign donations play in the state court system. Members of the community will be free to ask questions regarding the bills and the issue in general.

The UW-Oshkosh chapter of Democracy Matters, a national student-based non-profit organization, is also co-sponsoring the event.

The Democracy Campaign launched the Judicial Independence Project in February to help prevent third-party interest groups from dominating campaign advertisements that often result in negative attacks on both candidates. The group is concerned primarily about money and fund raising trumping an impartial court system.

For more information, contact Steve Bailey at (715) 570-2942, steve_bailey@live.com.