"The "pay to play" phenomenon amounts to a perversion of the initiative process which was designed to give the people a chance to address issues the legislature was unable or unwilling to handle into a method for steering taxpayers' money into the hands of special interests.
Using halo words like "clean water" or "clean energy" to funnel money to special interests may not be illegal, but it is hardly ethical."
Self serving fool the taxpayer into funding your agenda ping. Interesting take on these propositions.