Campaign reform laws and their problems

There's something unseemly about money in political campaigns.And the bigger the money, the more unscrupulous it all seems. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

So, limiting campaign contributions sounds like a good way to reduce the influence of big donors in politics.

But in Los Angeles, it hasn't exactly worked out that way. Campaign finance spending limits haven't curtailed the big contributions. The money just comes in different - and less transparent - ways.