[GPSCC-chat] CA DISCLOSE Act 2 Votes Shy

[Spencer Graves]

Hi, Brian:


       Why did this need a 2/3 majority?


       Thanks,
       Spencer


On 1/31/2012 12:30 PM, Brian Good wrote:
>
>    We needed a 2/3 majority--every Democrat and 2 Republicans.
>
>    We got every Democrat except Cathleen Galgiani (Stockton), and we 
> only got one
> Republican, Nathan Fletcher (San Diego).
>
>    So even though we failed to win the vote, we showed that the 
> Republican Party
> is willing to vote down legislation that 80% of voters (and over 75% 
> of Republicans)
> favor.
>
>    Wait'll next year.  We'll introduce it again, and this time we'll win.
>
>    I'm finding working at the CA State level very stimulating.  Most 
> people don't even
> know who their state legislators are, and a couple of dozen calls from 
> constituents lights
> a fire under their assembly reps.  By phonebanking, people from all 
> over the state can
> converge electronically to rouse the supporters in targeted assembly 
> districts.  And there
> is a very clear difference between Republicans and Democrats at the 
> state level.
>
>   I understand that Ms. Galgiani is termed out after this year, so her 
> assembly seat will be
> opening up, and she plans to run for state senate.
>
>   I will be very interested to look into who finances Ms. Galgiani, 
> and there's an excellent
> research resource, maplight, that has a lot of information on CA state 
> legislators and their
> campaign contributors.
>
>
>
>
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