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 An eclectic assortment of motivated individuals is escorted into office on a regular basis. Is their unique talent for kissing babies and predictably appearing at community center openings accompanied by a modicum of interest about the issues that touch our lives? Do they represent us? If not, who do they represent? Did they vote for or against our objectives? It would be nice to know if the person belonging to the name you punch in on your ballot is accepting gargantuan contributions from the insurance industry or Florida Power and Light. Who is getting the job done and who is doing a job on YOU! This section provides links to your representatives web sites. It also accesses resources useful for investigating suspicious voting records. Follow the Money!
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Visit Your Politicians!
 The web sites and e-mail links for your federal, state, and local representatives are available here. Click on the names below or the pictures of the representatives at right to go their respective web sites. Click on the e-mail links below or on the NAMES under the pictures to send an e-mail.
Charlie Crist - Governor [R]
The Capitol
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: (850) 488-7146, Fax: (850) 487-0801
Click to Governor’s Biography Page
Click to Governor’s Priorities
Click to Jeff Kottkamp, Lieutenant Governor
Click to the Florida Cabinet
Click to the Governor’s Staff
Click to the Governor’s Media Center
Click to Gubernatorial Appointments
E-Mail Governor Crist
- February 24, 2009 - Governor Crist kills the Calypso Project at a Beach Community Center Town Hall Meeting on February 18, 2009.
Bill Nelson - United States Senator [D]
Washington, DC
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building - Room 716
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274, Fax: 202-228-2183
Local Office (Broward)
3416 South University Drive
Davie, FL 33328
Phone: (954) 693-4851, Fax: (954) 693-4862
Toll-free: 1 (888) 671-4091 (in Florida)
E-Mail Senator Nelson
Mel Martinez - United States Senator [R]
Washington, DC
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building - Room 317
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3041, Fax: 202-228-5171
Chief of Staff- TBA, Deputy Chief of Staff- TBA, Legislative Director- TBA
Miami Office
800 Douglas Road - Suite 148
Miami, Florida 33134
Phone: (305) 444-8332
South Florida Regional Director- TBA, South Florida District Representative- TBA, Office Manager- TBA
E-Mail Senator Martinez
Ron Klein - United States Congressman - District 22 [D]
Washington, DC
313 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3026, Fax: (202) 225-8398
Broward County Office
800 East Broward Boulevard - Suite 300
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-2024
Phone: (954) 522-4579, Fax: (954) 522- 4965, Toll Free: 866-713-7303
Palm Beach Office
625 North Flagler Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 651-7594, Fax: (561) 651-7954, Toll Free: 866-713-7303
E-Mail Congressman Klein
- Congressman Klein won his seat in the November 2006 District 22 Congressional election against incumbent Congressman E. Clay Shaw Jr. Click Here to read about his upset victory.
Jeffrey H. “Jeff” Atwater - Fla. Senator - District 25 [R]
Capitol Office
Senate Office Building - Room 406
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100
Phone: (850) 487-5100, FAX: (850) 487-5296
SunCom: 277-5100, Senate VOIP 5100
District Office
824 US Highway 1, #210
North Palm Beach, Florida 33408
Phone: (561) 625-5101, FAX: (561) 625-5103
SunCom: 242-5101, Senate VOIP 42500
Legislative Assistants: Megan Kossove, Laura Coburn and Cheri Vancura
District Office
Oakland Park City Hall
3650 N.E. 12th Avenue
Oakland Park, Florida 33334
Phone: (954) 847-3518, Fax: (954) 847-3519, Senate VOIP 42510
Legislative Assistant: Melissa Francisco
E-Mail Senator Atwater- Click Here to read Senator Atwater’s address at a meeting of the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board on September 18, 2003.
- Click Here to read about Senator Atwater’s March 30, 2005 Community Association Day meeting with Galt Mile constituents in Tallahassee
- Click Here to read about Senator Atwater’s May 24, 2006 lunch meeting about the 2006 legislative session with Galt Mile constituents in the Tower Club
- Click Here to read about Senator Atwater’s February 2007 summary of the January Special Legislative Session on Insurance in which he was a major player
- Click Here to read about the March 15, 2007 community meeting hosted by Senator Atwater, Representative Bogdanoff and Commissioner Teel convened to explore Property Insurance & Property Tax Relief
- Click Here to read a late April summary of the legislature’s achievements as it entered the final week of the session
- Click Here to read the Senator’s June 2007 Tax reform update
- Click Here to read Senator Atwater’s January 2008 Op-ed letter about suspected insurance carrier abuse
- Click Here to read Senator Atwater’s The Homeowners’ Bill of Rights
- Click Here to read Senator Atwater’s Insurance Bill passes
- Click Here to read Senator Atwater’s Post-2008 session update
Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff - Florida Representative-District 91 [R]
Capitol Office
323 The Capitol
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1300
Phone: (850) 488-0635
District Office
1421 South Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316-1839
Phone: (954) 762-3757, SUNCOM: 423-5569
Legislative Assistant (Fort Lauderdale): E-Mail Aaron Nevins
District Secretary (Fort Lauderdale): E-Mail Michael Miller
E-Mail Representative Bogdanoff- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s January 6, 2004 successful bid for the District 91 Statehouse seat
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s May 20, 2004 address to the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s January 20, 2005 address to the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s March 30, 2005 Community Association Day meeting with Galt Mile constituents in Tallahassee
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s June 16, 2005 post-legislative session address to the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s August 12, 2005 Summer Briefing
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s October 7, 2005 Pre-Session Community Briefing
- Click Here to read about Representative Bogdanoff’s December 12, 2005 Special Session Luncheon Meeting
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s December 19, 2005 Special Session Community Briefing
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s February 6, 2006 Legislative Update
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s March 4, 2006 Legislative Update
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s March 31, 2006 Legislative Update
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s April 15, 2006 Legislative Update
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s June 15, 2006 Post Session Update
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s September 2006 Insurance Plan
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s alert about the December 2006 House Pre-Session Insurance Conference.
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s February 6, 2007 Legislative Update
- Click Here to read about the March 15, 2007 community meeting hosted by Senator Atwater, Representative Bogdanoff and Commissioner Teel convened to explore Property Insurance & Property Tax Relief
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s March Legislative Update describing week two in Tallahassee
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s April 2007 Newsletter
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s June 2007 Newsletter summarizing the Legislative session
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s July 2007 treatment of the Presidential Primary, the Environment and the Budget
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s October 2007 Newsletter addressing a State Budget Fix
- Click Here to read how Representative Bogdanoff’s Rescued No-Fault Protection during the October 2007 Specisl Session C
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s November 2007 Newsletter reviewing the 2007 Special Sessions.
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s December 2007 Newsletter about Tribal Gaming.
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s January 2008 Newsletter about communicating with legislators.
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s February 2008 Newsletter about her personal legislative agenda.
- Click Here for Representative Bogdanoff’s 2008 legislative windup.
- Click Here for Representative Bogdanoff’s Omnibus Condo Bill cleanup.
- Click Here - Representative Bogdanoff Anti-Calypso Newsletter.
- Click Here for Representative Bogdanoff’s Sprinkler Bill.
- Click Here to read Representative Bogdanoff’s Sprinkler Bill - enrolled.
Ken Keechl - Broward County Commissioner - District 4
Governmental Center - Room 413
115 South Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Phone: (954) 357-7004, Fax: (954) 357-7798
Commissioner Aide: Kathy Singer
Commissioner Aide: Natalie Levy
District Office
Oakland Park City Hall
3650 N.E. 12th Avenue
Oakland Park, Florida 33334
Phone: (954) 537-2890, Fax: (954) 537-2892
E-Mail Commissioner Keechl
- November 12, 2006 Ken Keechl elected to District 4 County Commission Seat.
- November 16, 2006 - Commissioner Keechl introduces himself to Community - Keechl Keeps a Promise.
- November 23, 2006 - Commissioner Keechl addressed a meeting of the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board
- January 10, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s January 2007 Newsletter.
- January 23, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s February 2007 Newsletter
- March 1, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s March 2007 Newsletter on Property Taxes
- March 11, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl discusses Beach Restoration and the County Budget at an Advisory Board meeting
- April 1, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s April 2007 Newsletter on Charter Review
- May 25, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s June 2007 Newsletter reviews Airport expansion
- August 1, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s Summer 2007 Newsletter reviews fulfilled campaign vows
- September 19, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl’s Broward Committee participation
- October 6, 2007 - Keechl Backs Beach and Budget
- November 24, 2007 - Commissioner Keechl reviews his first full year of Public Service
- January 11, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl addresses Advisory Board about County Governance changes and Beach Renourishment
- March 5, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl asks constituents to help save the County's few remaining green spaces
- June 2, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl addresses Broward County’s FY ’09 Budget Process
- July 15, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl on "Our Shared Vision for Broward County, Part 2"
- September 14, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl speaks to Broward County’s Challenges
- October 13, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl on Broward’s Tough Economic Times
- November 17, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl on “Fixing Broward County’s Animal Control Program”
- December 19, 2008 - Commissioner Keechl discusses "Looking out for District 4 as Broward’s Vice Mayor"
- January 26, 2009 - Commissioner Keechl discusses Broward’s Courthouse Problem
- March 2, 2009 - Commissioner Keechl updates Beach Renourishment
- April 2, 2009 - Commissioner Keechl discusses Broward’s Budget
- April 18, 2009 - Commissioner Keechl appoints Bob Wolfe to Ethics Commission
- June 2, 2009 - Commissioner Keechl investigates threat to Galt Library
John P. (Jack) Seiler - Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
City of Fort Lauderdale
100 N. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
E-Mail Mayor Seiler
- Click Here to read how Representative Seiler helped Rescue No-Fault Protection during the October 2007 Specisl Session C in the Florida Statehouse.
- Click Here to read how Representative Seiler helped pass Property Tax reform during the November 2007 Specisl Session D in the Florida Statehouse.
- Click Here to read about Mayor (Candidate) Seiler’s participation in the October 22, 2008 Galt Mile Candidate's Forum
George Gretsas - Fort Lauderdale City Manager
City of Fort Lauderdale
100 N. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Phone: (954) 828-5013, Fax: (954) 828-5021
E-Mail City Manager Gretsas
- June 20, 2004 - Gretsas Wins City Manager Lotto.
- August 15, 2004 - New City Budget Unveiled
- September 26, 2004 - Budget Circus
- November 22, 2004 - Address to the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board (Let George Do It!)
- September 14, 2005 - Address meeting with GMCA officials at the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale (The City Manager and the Mission).
- March 16, 2006 - Address to the GMCA Advisory Board (Lights... Action... George!).
- July 15, 2006 - Mr. Gretsas institutes Fast Track Building Department fix.
- September 10, 2006 - FY 2006/2007 Fort Lauderdale Budget Battle
- April 7, 2007 - 40-year or Older Building Safety Program
- July 29, 2008 - Goals and Objectives - 2008 Presentation at Beach Community Center
- October 7, 2008 - The Galt Mile Needs a Master Plan
- March 21, 2009 - City Manager - 2009 Update
Bruce G. Roberts - Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner - District 1
City of Fort Lauderdale
100 N. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Phone: (954) 828-5004, Fax: (954) 828-5667
Commission Assistant: Robbi Uptegrove
Phone: 954-828-5033
E-Mail Commissioner Roberts
- Chief Roberts sponsors ticket drive to help lower taxes during Budget Crunch in 2003. Click Here to read about the effort.
- Click Here to read Chief Roberts November 30, 2004 encounter with cuban refugees who landed on the Galt Mile Beach
- Commissioner (then Chief) Roberts initiated the Galt Mile Community Association War on Noise on April 7, 2005. Click Here to read his remarks.
- Click Here for subsequent February 6, 2006 update.
- Click Here to read his remarks in June of 2006 about the need for a local Security Patrol.
- Click Here to read about the Chief's participation in the Kickoff event for the Galt Mile Security Patrol on June 10, 2007
- Click Here to read about Commissioner Roberts’ participation in the October 22, 2008 Galt Mile Candidate's Forum
- Click Here Commissioner Roberts clarifies priorities
- Click Here Commissioner Roberts thanks constituents
 Follow The  Money 
 Deep Throat's cryptic suggestion to Bob Woodward of the Washington Post to expedite his bogged down Watergate investigation has developed into a useful political mantra. By "following the money", it is possible to understand the basis for relationships that appear "unusual". This section contains links to sites that feed the skeptic. Happy hunting.
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Florida Department of State - Division of Elections
Campaign Financing
  The official “follow the money” database for the State of Florida. The Division of Elections’ Campaign Finance Database contains detailed financial records that campaigns and committees are required by law to disclose. By law candidates and committees are required to disclose detailed financial records of contributions received and expenditures made.  For committees, the campaign finance database contains all contributions and expenditures reported to the Florida Division of Elections since January 1, 1996. For candidates, the campaign finance database contains all contributions and expenditures reported to the Division since the candidacy was announced, beginning with the 1996 election. Through this database, you can view contribution and expense records from candidates or committees, selected according to criteria that you specify, sorted in an order you choose.
- The Division of Elections mailing address is Department of State, Division of Elections, 500 South Bronough Street, R.A. Gray Building, Room 316, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250.
- Phone: (850) 245-6200, Fax: (850) 245-6217 or (850) 245-6218
- E-mail: DivElections@dos.state.fl.us.
- The Voter Fraud Hotline is (Toll Free) 1-877-868-3737 (1-877-VOTERFRaud).
National Institute on Money in State Politics
 By searching the Follow the Money database, you can find out what specific businesses or contributors — or all contributors in any of 134 interest groups — invested in 2006 Florida Elections or the 2008 Florida Elections. Or, find out what they gave regionally, or nationally, or in any group of states you want. Interested in finding out why your representatives voted the way they did? Look here to see who gave them money. Curious about legislation offering big tax breaks? Look for the beneficiaries here, and see whom they gave money to. Wondering how big-money interests get favorable laws passed in state after state after state? Look for them here, where you can easily track their contributions across state lines. The “Legislative Committee Analysis Tool (CAT)”, a collaborative effort with Project VoteSmart, is a mashup of state legislative committee rosters and campaign donor data, delineating where the public interest and special interests collide.  How state-level candidates raised $2.3 billion in the 2006 election cycle is examined in “State Elections Overview 2006”. Interesting research like “Passing the Bucks: Money Games that Political Parties Play” examines how Florida’s State level Party Committees raised and spent $195 Million in soft money during the 1998, 2000 and 2002 election cycles. In “Names in the News: Wellcare”, we find out how WellCare - a private health maintenance organization - and its subsidiaries, gave more than $2 million to candidate and party committees between 2000 and 2006. Lots more...
OpenSecrets.Org
  The Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.Org) is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. Go to Florida at OpenSecrets.Org to get a comprehensive picture of the money summaries, individual and PAC donors, and contribution sources of our public servants. "Tracking the Paybacks" and "Top Industries Giving to Members of Congress" are examples of the useful data this site has to offer. The Center accepts no contributions from businesses or labor unions.
Global Integrity
  An independent, non-partisan, tax-exempt (under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code) international non-governmental organization (NGO) 2005 spinoff from The Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity generates, synthesizes, and disseminates credible, comprehensive and timely information on governance and corruption trends around the world. As an independent information provider employing on-the-ground expertise, they produce original reporting and quantitative analysis in the global public interest regarding accountable and democratic governance.  Working with its network of more than 500 in-country experts in 76 countries, the independently funded organization is now adapting its proven methodology to new and exciting areas including sub-national governance and sector-specific anti-corruption challenges. The Global Integrity Report is a tool for understanding governance and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level. Written by local researchers and journalists, the Report is characterized by an innovative, award-winning research methodology; a robust peer review process; and start-to-finish transparency. The Global Integrity Index annually assesses the existence, effectiveness, and citizen access to key national-level anti-corruption mechanisms across a diverse range of countries.
The Center for Public Integrity
  Created in 1990, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world. Founder and Executive director Charles Lewis, the Board and the Advisory Board are a “who’s who” of award-winning media journalists overseeing leading investigative reporters and editors in 48 countries.  All the Center’s projects are supported by thorough easily accessible search databases. Silent Partners, disclosing how political non-profits work the system, offers searches sorted by committees, contributions and expenditures OR by individual or group (company) donors/recipients. “Any state” can be checked, including “Florida”. The “Well Connected” section asks, “Who controls the media where you live?”  Its Media Tracker allows you to answer that query. To track how private interests influence public policy, check LobbyWatch. Easily check how money is being spent by companies and groups from Florida to lobby the federal government. For outside interests reported by state legislators, see Our Private Legislatures. Also see conflicts of interest in Florida. Hired Guns discloses who’s greasing who’s skids (lobbying and lobbists) while Outsourcing the Pentagon shows who benefits from the Politics and Economics of National Security. Global Integrity tracks corruption, openness and accountability in 25 countries and States of Disclosure sheds light on the private interests of public officials - including those in Florida. Current issues are addressed in Campaign Consultants - The Price of Democracy, a spending scorecard for the professionals hired by campaigns to run the show, and Collateral Damage, the post 9/11 disconnect between Human Rights and Military Aid. Much, much more...great stuff!
MAPLight.org
 MAPLight.org a groundbreaking public database, illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws. This common practice is contrary to the public interest, yet legal. MAPLight.org makes money/vote connections transparent, to help citizens hold their legislators accountable. These indiscretions can be researched by Interest Group, by Legislator, or by Legislation.
FundRace 2008
 Although no one ever accused Arianna Huffington of bi-partisan vision, her "Huffington Post" offshoot FundRace 2008 makes it easy to search by name or address to see which presidential candidates your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors are contributing to. Or you can see if your favorite celebrity is putting their money where their mouth is. FundRace gives you the technology to do what politicians and journalists have been doing for years: find out where the money's coming from, see who it's going to, and solve the mystery of why that crazy ex-roommate of yours is now the Ambassador to Turks and Caicos. FundRace 2008 allows you to either check the contributing habits of individuals (friends, neighbors, etc.) or search by occupation (actors, scientists, CFOs, activists, lawyers, priests, etc.) or employer (Microsoft, Google, Halliburton, NBC, CBS, AOL, etc.). You can also see how the presidential candidates measure up in Horserace where betting-line odds support who has the most money, who has the most friends, and who has the biggest chance of winning their party's nomination come Super Tuesday.
Roll Call
 Roll Call is widely considered the leading source for Congressional News and information both inside the Beltway and beyond. Since 1955, Roll Call has been the newspaper of Capitol Hill, giving Members of Congress a platform to communicate with one another across the aisle and between the chambers. Led by Co-Editors Ed Henry and Tim Curran and Executive Editor Morton Kondracke, their reporters and columnists -- Stuart Rothenberg, Norman Ornstein, Donna Brazile, David Winston and Don Wolfensberger deliver breaking news. Check current national endorsements of Lawmakers and Lobbyists. Also see Rollcall's Vested Interests.
Congress.Org
  Congress.org is a free, public service of Capitol Advantage. It is powered by the CapWiz system. Congress.org allows users to identify and send messages (e-mail, letter, or fax) to their elected leaders in Congress, The White House, and state legislatures. These messages can be posted online with Letters to Leaders and, along with similar messages by others, read by everyone! Find and contact local and national media by ZIP code or by state with Media Guide. Have your representative’s votes sent to you weekly via e-mail with MegaVote, search Action Alerts on a wide range of current issues, and take action in the Issues and Action area of the web site.
 Some of the services sponsored by Congress.Org’s CapWiz system are available below. Find and contact your federal, state and local elected officials, check the issues that you care about and let give them your opinion, see who’s running for what office, contact your local media to give them a piece of your mind or simply register to vote! Just enter your ZIP code (if you don't know your nine-digit ZIP code, use your five-digit ZIP) or state and click. Easy as pie!
Common Cause
  Common Cause is a nonpartisan nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner. Now with nearly 300,000 members and supporters and 36 state organizations, Common Cause remains committed to honest, open and accountable government, as well as encouraging citizen participation in democracy. To strengthen public participation and faith in our institutions of self-government; to ensure that government and political processes serve the general interest, rather than special interests; to curb the excessive influence of money on government decisions and elections; to promote fair elections and high ethical standards for government officials; and to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans.
Project Vote Smart
 Project Vote Smart (PVS) is a citizen’s organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making. Its policies, procedures and structure are designed to guarantee absolute impartiality and standards of excellence in fulfillment of its mission. In our democracy, no power is more potent than dependable, relevant and well-organized information about candidates for public office in the hands of voters before Election Day. Objective facts detailing candidates’ backgrounds and issue positions and a reliable impartial source to contact with questions are a voter’s only self-defense against current political campaign abuses. The source for this information must be a totally independent nonpartisan and objective entity that always puts the interest of the voter first and provides its service free of cost with easy and instant access for everyone. 40 national leaders, including former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, formed Project Vote Smart (PVS) in 1992. PVS, described by the New York Times as “one of the most comprehensive campaign information sites on the web” and by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “spectacular” for gathering in one place the information any intelligent voter needs, constructed a user-friendly voter’s self-defense system accessible through a website and a toll-free hotline (1-888-VOTE-SMART).
FactCheck.org
  A web site devoted to “anti-spin”, FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994, the Annenberg Public Policy Center is a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that addresses public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Funded primarily by an endowment from the Annenberg Foundation, the APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals.
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