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<br />Rationale: The candidates must exercise due diligence when receiving campaign <br />contributions and must be punished for accepting campaign contributions from <br />outlawed sources, <br /> <br />3. A person or entity other than a vendor. who directly or indirectly makes a <br />contribution to candidate who is elected to office shall be disqualified for a <br />period of 12 months following the swearing in from serving as a vendor. <br />A person other than a lobbyist on a procurement issue who directly or <br />indirectly solicits for or makes a contribution to a candidate who is elected to <br />office shall be disqualified for a period of 12 months from lobbying. <br />A person or entity other than a real estate developer who directly or <br />indirectly makes a contribution to a candidate who is elected shall be <br />disqualified for a period of 12 months from becoming a real estate developer. <br /> <br />Rationale: This recommendation covers the person or entity that gives a <br />contribution or solicits contributions and within a relatively short timeframe <br />wishes to serve as a vendor, real estate developer or a lobbyist appearing before <br />local government. The recommendation promotes the policy that a political <br />contribution will have no bearing on the party or entity's ability to serve as a local <br />government vendor or real estate developer and removes the charge that a <br />lobbyist's success is connected to his/her willingness to make political <br />contributions or raise campaign funds for candidates. <br /> <br />4. No lobbyist on a present or pending solicitation shall solicit a campaign <br />contribution or give a campaign contribution directly or indirectly to a <br />candidate or the campaign committee of a candidate. No lobbyists on a <br />pending application on a real estate development matter shall solicit for or <br />give a campaign contribution directly or indirectly to a candidate. <br /> <br />Rationale: The perception is that lobbyists who make political contributions to <br />campaigns and also solicit campaign contributions for campaigns earn special <br />privileges when appearing before local government bodies, comprised of <br />members they helped elect. Lobbyists who have not given campaign <br />contributions or soliciting contributions for these candidates will not be restricted <br />from representing clients before local governments. Those who have decided to <br />play an active role in the campaigns of local candidates will be barred from <br />appearing before the boards made up of candidates they aided. <br /> <br />17 <br />