Here's Lie No. 2: that this bill will lessen the impact of independent PACs, such as the ones that largely financed Kenney's mayoral run. Though this bill only provides a candidate with public funds if the contributor donates $150 or less throughout the entire campaign cycle to the candidate's personal PAC, there is nothing to prevent someone from donating $150 to a candidate's PAC (triggering the $750 in taxpayer matching funds), and then making all future contributions to the candidate's "independent" PAC. Sounds like an easily exploitable loophole for insiders who know how to game the system.