Campaign contributions

                I set about searching twitter for any post regarding Pine City, what I found was a story about Senator James Oberstar’s only contribution from an individual in his district between July 22 and Sept. 30. That contribution came from Pine City mayor Jane Robbins . Intriguing I thought, some more searching around lead me to many sites with the story. One  of the sites was Politico.com, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43557.html . Another was Scribd.com

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19657397/Democrats-and-Out-of-State-Campaign-Contributions which was the one I found to be most interesting, 92% of  Senator Oberstar's contributions have been from out of state. I also found these spreadsheets with detailed contribution info on the district 8candidates. http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/james_l_oberstar.asp?cycle=10 , http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/chip-cravaack.asp?cycle=10 . I will not be voting for either candidate in this race but I do have some concerns about so much money coming from out of state. The practice is not uncommon I know, but that doesn't mean I like it. 

        I  contacted  Mayor Robbins by email to ask a few questions, she said she was not familiar with  recent stories about her being the only contributor from the senator's district and has not since responded back to answer any questions. I will put one question here to you all, what do you the residents of Pine City think about Senator Oberstar collecting 92% of his campaign contributions coming from out of state? For myself all this info speaks far more than peoples attacks on character letters and tv adds I see, it makes me think more about the candidate and how they might govern. What are your thoughts?

thanks, Stan