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Luther Campbell doesn’t just have taxing strippers and decriminalizing marijuana on his mind. This past April 25, as he cruised from one special event to another in downtown Miami, the county mayoral candidate and New Times columnist offered up his plan for local government reform. “If you run for office, the maximum amount of money that you can spend on a campaign is $100,000,” he said. “That’s it. You don’t need no more than $100,000…Cut out all the special interest guys. You’ll get true, you will get a real, real quality person in a seat if you do that.”
Take a ride with Uncle Luke and get a layman’s education on why the political process is all screwed up after the jump.
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