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COLUMBUS --The payday lending industry paid $3.42 million to collect the required 241,365 signatures to get Issue 5 on the Nov. 4 ballot. That works out to $14.17 per valid signature. Campaign finance reports filed last week show Issue 5 is supported entirely by payday lending companies and an industry trade group. Since July, they've spent $14.6 million to get on the ballot and then urge a No vote on Issue 5. Here is a sampling of where the money is going:
- $175,000 to Fleishman Hilliard Inc., a public relations firm.See the full content of this document
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Payday Lenders Spent $3.42m to Beat Issue 5
- $934,438 to Strategic Public Partners Group, a political consulting firm with ties...
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