[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: The Pledge to Amend Press Release

Fri Oct 24 14:15:03 PDT 2014

Several SCC Greens were involved in organizing David Cobb's
(first for this area) presentation at the First Baptist Church
in Palo Alto about 3 or 4 years ago.  Richard Hobbs organized
the presentation the next day in San Jose.  And Hobbs organized
the SCC Move to Amend group from then to now.  I think Hobbs is
a Democrat, but I am not sure.

I have pretty much not been involved for the past few years.
I don't know about other Greens.

Gerry

Wes Rolley wrote:
> The author of this note is a Democratic Party activist in Morgan Hill.
> The copy list includes several candidates for Morgan Hill Unified School
> District Trustee in the current election.
>
> I reminded her that MTA spokespersons Cobb, Manski and Scopici-Belknap
> were all Greens.
>
> However, how much are the Santa Clara County Greens active in the local
> MTA work?
>
> Wes
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	The Pledge to Amend Press Release
> Date: 	Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:21:11 -0700
> From: 	Swanee Edwards <swanee at garlic.com>
> To: 	'ClaudiaRossi' <claudiamarossi at yahoo.com>, 'Wes Rolley'
> <wrolley at charter.net>, <mario.banuelos at morganhillcf.org>, 'donna
> ruebusch' <donna.ruebusch at gmail.com>, 'Gemma Abels'
> <gemabels at hotmail.com>, <rwoolf9523 at aol.com>, 'gamhft'
> <gamhft at garlic.com>, 'Bob Benevento' <rpbenevento at verizon.net>,
> <rspring at cadence.com>, 'terri eves knudsen library'
> <terri_librarian at yahoo.com>, <sousans at eta-usa.com>, 'Steven Spencer'
> <stevenspencer28 at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Here is an example of the work the Dems are doing to overturn Citizens
> United. I received my fifth flyer today from the Charter School people.
> It is simply obcene what is being done and the Organization below is one
> of three movements all supported by Dems in this State to gut this
> decision. When it comes time to get back to work on this one, I hope
> that I can count on all of you to do what you can to support a
> Constitutional Amendment!
>
> Ever Onward,
>
> Swanee
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Eitan Fenson (scc-mta) [mailto:eitan at scc-mta.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:22 PM
> *To:* Swanee Edwards
> *Subject:* The Pledge to Amend Press Release
>
> Dear Swanee (swanee at garlic.com),
>
> We just send out a press release announcing the results of our Pledge to
> Amend effort of the past few weeks.  A copy of the relase appears below.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Eitan
>
> Santa ClaraCounty Move to Amend
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
>
> October 23, 2014
>
> Contact: Eitan Fenson, eitan at scc-mta.org <mailto:eitan at scc-mta.org>,
> Richard Hobbs, richhobbs at msn.com <mailto:richhobbs at msn.com>
>
> **Honda and Khanna Agree!**
>
> **SANTA CLARA****COUNTY–**While incumbent Mike Honda and candidate Ro
> Khanna oppose each other in the 17^th  District U.S. Congressional race,
> they emphatically agree that money is not speech and only human beings
> merit rights under the U.S. Constitution.  They are two of 32 elected
> officials and candidates who publicly declared their support for a 28^th
>   Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in response to a request by the
> Santa Clara County affiliate of Move To Amend (SCC-MTA).
>
> The California Supreme Court removed Proposition 49, a measure similar
> to the proposed 28th amendment, from the November ballot thus precluding
> the public from voicing its opinion.  Local democracy advocates then
> contacted elected officials and candidates in the upcoming election,
> asking them to declare their position on the Move to Amend 28^th
>   Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  As opposed to the U.S. Supreme
> Court rulings in /*/Citizen’s United/*/ and a litany of cases supporting
> corporations as persons, the signed pledges for a 28^th  Amendment
> declare both that “Only human beings, nor corporations or other legal
> entities, are persons with constitutional rights” and “Political
> contributions and campaign spending are not equivalent to political
> speech and can be regulated”.
>
> The 32 elected officials and candidates who declared their support
> included federal and state elected officials who will have a say when
> Congress and state legislatures take up the amendment to the U.S.
> Constitution.  At the federal level Congressman Mike Honda and candidate
> Ro Khanna supported the pledge. At the state level Senators Jim Beall
> and Bill Monning as well as Assemblyman Rich Gordon signed on.  Also of
> note, California Attorney General Kamala Harris signed the SCC-MTA
> Pledge to Amend, as well as candidate Dave Cortese in the San Jose
> mayoral race.
>
> SCC-MTA views the two-part Pledge to Amend as a litmus test to see which
> elected officials will support efforts to end corporate constitutional
> rights which infringe upon the rights of state and local governments and
> harm individual citizens, such as the /*/Citizens United/*/ decision,
> which allows corporations unlimited campaign contributions, and U.S.
> Supreme Court decisions that have prevented GMO labeling, permitted the
> sale of cigarettes near schools in violation of state law, invalidated
> warrantless OSHA inspections of businesses, and removed nearly all
> remaining restrictions on campaign contributions by the wealthy.
>
> **Publicly Declared Supporters***
> ***of the Move to Amend 28****^th **** Amendment**
>
> **Incumbents**
>
> 	
>
> Jim Beall
>
> 	
>
> CA Senate-15th District
>
> Cindy Chavez
>
> 	
>
> Supervisor-Santa Clara County
>
> Rich Constantine
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Morgan Hill
>
> Dave Cortese
>
> 	
>
> Supervisor-Santa Clara County
>
> Rich Gordon
>
> 	
>
> CA Assembly-24th District
>
> Kamala Harris
>
> 	
>
> Atty General-State of California
>
> Mike Honda
>
> 	
>
> Congress-17th District
>
> Michael Kasperzak, Jr.
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Mountain View
>
> Rich Larsen
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Los Altos Hills
>
> Peter Leroe-Munoz
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Gilroy
>
> Jamie Matthews
>
> 	
>
> Mayor-Santa Clara
>
> Bill Monning
>
> 	
>
> CA Senate-17th District
>
> Jan Pepper
>
> 	
>
> Mayor pro tem-Los Altos
>
> Rod Sinks
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Cupertino
>
> **Non-Incumbent Candidates**
>
> 	
>
> Daniel Bobay
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Dominic Caserta
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Santa Clara
>
> Bill Ferguson
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Eric Filseth
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Palo Alto
>
> John Karl Fredrich
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Palo Alto
>
> Marsha Grilli
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Ro Khanna
>
> 	
>
> Congress-17th District
>
> Paul Kloecker
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Gilroy
>
> Roseann Alderete Lacoursiere
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Santa Clara
>
> Deepka Lalwani
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Rajeev Madnawat
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Robert Marini
>
> 	
>
> Mayor-Milpitas
>
> Rob Means
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Voltaire Montemayor
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Milpitas
>
> Mohammed Nadeem
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Santa Clara
>
> Raul Peralez
>
> 	
>
> City Council-San Jose
>
> Greg Unangst
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Mountain View
>
> Cory Wolbach
>
> 	
>
> City Council-Palo Alto
>
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