A system was set in place to ensure immediate response and ensured communication between agencies. But observation of the events on Dec. 2 of the evacuations of the courthouses calls much of that into doubt.
If the public-financing mechanism got knocked out, people could be sitting in the middle of a campaign with public-financing gone and most of the traditional sources are illegal. We'd be in a crisis mode pretty quick.
As a legislator, I think we have some legitimate issues.
We are not going to pursue the cookie or the fruit this year.
