Mayoral Candidate Phil Ting Calls for Mayor to Accept Limits, Candidates to Stop Attacks

San Francisco, CA 10, 2011 San Francisco Assessor-Recorder and candidate for mayor Phil Ting today called on Mayor Ed Lee to abide by the public financing spending limits in his recently announced campaign for mayor. With the tone of the mayoral campaign turning increasingly negative since Lee entered the race, Ting also called on all mayoral candidates to refrain from spending public matching funds on personal political attacks.

“If Mayor Lee wants to raise money outside of the public financing system that is his choice, but he should also choose to abide by the spending limits that help ensure public trust in our political process,Ting said.

In calling on all of his fellow candidates for mayor to sign a pledge to not use public financing dollars on personal political attacks, Ting said, “San Franciscans are tired of all the political attacks, and they shouldn’t have to pay for it through public financing. That’s why my Reset San Francisco campaign is about attacking our problems not attacking each other.

‪Public financing rules in San Francisco limit candidates to spending $1,475,000 on their campaign for mayor. Mayor Lee recently announced that he would not be participating in the public campaign finance system. Ting said that in the coming days he would be circulating a letter for his fellow candidates to sign pledging to not spend public matching funds on personal political attacks.

Learn more about Phil Ting’s campaign at: http://www.ResetSanFrancisco.org

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