IE Watch: Tracking Record-Breaking Outside Spending in City Elections

$$$$$$$$$$$$by Heidi GrooverThere are no limits on independent expenditure spending. MARY TRAVERSE
Under Seattle's campaign finance rules, an individual or company can donate up to $500 to a mayoral candidate's campaign. But if that individual or company takes their checkbook to an independent committee working for or against a candidate instead, they can donate as much as they want.Congratulations. You now understand independent expenditures, or IEs.
At more than $1 million, IE spending has rea