Medford-Based Super PAC Aimed at 'Two-Party Balance'
Michael Morales started the Committee for a Better Massachusetts this week, according to federal documents.
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A Medford resident has formed a political action committee (known as a PAC) to aimed at "restoring a healhty two-party balance" in the Commonwealth.
Michael Morales started the Committee for a Better Massachusetts this week, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which can be seen here.
The committee will be a "Super PAC" because it "intends to make independent expenditures" and "raise funds in unlimited amounts," according to the committee's FEC documents.
When contacted by Patch by e-mail about the formation of the Committee for a Better Massachusetts, Morales responded with the following statement:
The Committee for a Better Massachusetts is dedicated to restoring a healthy two-party balance in Massachusetts. It will support candidates from outside the state's one-party political culture who are committed to government reform, balanced budgets, lowering taxes, and creating jobs.
News of the Super PAC's formation was first reported on Twitter by POLITICO's Byron Tau.
raymay
5:47 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
i.e. We'll be giving lots of money to Republican candidates in the interest of balance. Gah.
raymay
5:48 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
The thing is, Republican candidates are welcome to run for office, and do. I hope this Super PAC investigates why the voters don't vote for them. Surely it isn't a lack of funds.
Nameless Conservative
4:56 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
This has to be a liberal front group; Gomez is a complete POSER and that's who they're shilling for in the primary.
If he's such a republican then WHY did he vote for Obama in 2008 and not fellow veteran republican and ex POW John McCain? HMMMMM?
A TRUE republican advocacy group for Massachusetts would be silent during the primary - not favoring any primary candidate; they'd save their money and wait to back the winner of the primary in the general election.
Why not be honest and reveal who you really are and where your money is coming from MICHAEL E MORALES?
Nameless Conservative
5:08 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Page 2 of their FEC Form 1, section 5 is checked "F" which says "This committee supports/opposes MORE THAN ONE federal candidate and is NOT a separate segregated fund or party committee.
So isn't running an advertisement for a single candidate in a primary an FEC violation?