Thursday, September 02 2010

Local Elections

Strict spending guidelines made for 'a fairer race'

RUNNING a successful election campaign, even at local level, is an expensive business but new rules capping spending in this year's election has levelled the playing field somewhat, giving all the candidates a real shot at election. Taking as an example, the successful campaign conducted by Fine Gael in the Howth/Malahide ward, the party's PRO for Fingal has given the Fingal Independent some idea of how the costs of a campaign are broken down.