[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal situation much, much worse.

[Wes Rolley]

This is for Greens in State Senate District 15, like I am.

I knot Matt Lockshin.  He was one of the key blogger / social network 
folks who helped stop Richard Pombo in 2006.

I also know what will happen to the schools in Morgan Hill if the tax 
extensions are not put on the ballot and passed.  It will not be good 
for anyone and especially bad for the students.

If you can follow the scrpit (tailored we my name) that Matt provided, I 
hope that you can make the call.

Blakeslee campaigned on his background in education.  Make him decide 
whether he is that, or just another Republican flunky.

Wes

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal situation much, much 
worse.
Date: 	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:58:13 -0500
From: 	Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
To: 	Wesley Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>




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*Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal situation much, much worse.*

*Call Sen. Blakeslee today! (916) 651-4015 *

Save our schools

*Tell Sen. Blakeslee to give his constituents a vote by putting Governor 
Brown's tax extensions on the ballot. Then click here to report your 
call. <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=1>*

Report your call! 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=2>

Dear Wesley,

When Governor Jerry Brown proposed his plan to close the estimated $26 
billion budget deficit, there was little to cheer about. It has not 
gotten better.

Even in the best-case scenario, we will see more cuts to vital services 
that create even bigger holes in the social safety net.

And the tax extensions Governor Brown wants to put before the voters in 
a special election disproportionately affect the Californians who can 
least afford them. We would have preferred a tax proposal that included 
an oil severance tax and closing tax loopholes granted to big businesses 
only two years ago.

*However, this is a crisis. Now is not the time to make brutal cuts even 
more devastating by refusing to extend taxes already on the books. Doing 
so would only lead to billions more in cuts to education.*

*Yet Sen. Blakeslee, who represents you, wants to make a brutal budget 
situation much, much worse. He is refusing the governor's call to put 
these tax extensions on the ballot and let the people of California vote 
on whether we want to save our public schools.*

Only two Republicans in each chamber of the legislature would have to 
vote to allow Californians to weigh in on this question, but so far they 
have been unanimous in their opposition to this plan.

Sen. Blakeslee needs to hear from you. The worst thing we can do in the 
face of implacable obstructionism from Republicans is give them a pass 
on their blind adherence to anti-tax dogma.

*Call Sen. Blakeslee today and tell him to give his constituents a vote 
by putting Governor Brown's tax extensions on the ballot. Then click 
here to report your call. 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=3>*

Here's the number to call and a sample script:

PHONE NUMBER: (916) 651-4015

SCRIPT: /Hi, my name is Wesley and I am a constituent living in Morgan 
Hill. I am calling because I want Sen. Blakeslee to vote to place the 
governor's proposed tax extensions on the ballot. Sen. Blakeslee should 
stop obstructing the process and put the tax extensions before the 
voters. Otherwise I'll hold him accountable for making a brutal budget 
situation much, much worse. /

*When you're done, please report your call by clicking here. 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=4>*

*Thank you* for speaking out. Your activism matters.

Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=5>

	
	

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