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<br> You're right, Spencer, we can expect a well-financed and desperately dishonest <br>campaign against the CA DISCLOSE Act if it goes to the public in 2014. <br><br> CA Clean Money conceived the California DISCLOSE Act after a dirty trick mounted<br>by the opposition to our previous effort, Prop. 15*, which would have provided for<br>public finance of the Sec'y of State race in California. Anonymous entities. probably<br>funded by the lobbyists' lobby, sent out millions of postcards to voters that gave<br>the impression of coming from the Democratic Party, and asked voters to vote for <br>Sen. Boxer and Rep. Pelosi--and also to vote against Prop. 15. The Democratic Party <br>did not oppose Prop. 15. <br><br> A showdown in 2014 with these scumbags may take enormous efforts. Which is all<br>the more reason we need to marshall our efforts in the next ten days to do everything<br>we can to get AB1148 passed on 1/31 by a 2/3 majority--so we can spend 2014 on <br>Green 2014.<br><br>Brian<br><br><br>* Prop. 15 in 2010 would have provided for Public Finance of the Sec'y of State race <br>in California. Arizona and Maine already have public finance laws, and it works very <br>well. Under Prop. 15 the registration fees on lobbyists would have been raised from <br>$10 a year to a couple hundred dollars, and that would have generated $4 million <br>every election cycle to fund the Sec'y of State election. <br><br> A candidate who proved his or her viability by raising a certain amount of $5 <br>donations (something like $50,000 or $75,000) would qualify for $1 million in <br>funds for the campaign. Imagine if the Greens had $1,000,000 to run a professional<br>campaign for this office--with paid staffers, real offices, quality printing, billboards.<br><br> Moneyed interests are scared to death of public finance.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:03:06 -0800<br>From: spencer.graves@prodsyse.com<br>To: snug.bug@hotmail.com<br>CC: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] CA DISCLOSE Act Needs Your Help--Now!<br><br>
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On 1/21/2012 3:38 PM, Brian Good wrote:
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Having passed the two committees in the state legislature,
the CA DISCLOSE <br>
Act* comes up for a vote on the assembly floor 1/31. That is
just ten days away.<br>
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A 2/3 vote in favor will allow the bill to pass into law this
year. If we only get <br>
50%, the best we get is a ballot initiative in 2014. Since 80%
of voters support <br>
the concept, it will surely pass then, but I'd rather get this
done now and save <br>
2014 for "Green 2014".<br>
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I'm less convinced with Brian that it would pass as a ballot
initiative, because we can count on substantial opposition from the
media as well as people with money, because anything that reduces
the effectiveness of advertising is a direct threat to their
profitability. Consequently, I would expect that people with money
would likely run focus groups to figure out how to convince the
public that it's a bad idea, then spend lavishly on ads to drive
home their argument. That's how health care reform was defeated in
both the Clinton and Obama administrations. (Oh, yes: The Obama
administration actually passed a health care bill, but the bill that
was passed was mostly a giveaway to the insurance companies and
so-called ethical health care industry.) <br>
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Spencer<br>
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We need people to make phone calls to hot prospects--they've
already signed <br>
the petition--and ask them to contact their on-the-fence state
legislators and ask <br>
for a yes vote on AB 1148.*<br>
<br>
Because our window of opportunity is very small--6:30 p.m. to
8:00 p.m--we<br>
need many, many callers to help. If you're shy on the phone,
that's all the more <br>
reason to do this. You work from a script, you're calling
friendly people, and <br>
practice makes perfect. It's a great confidence-builder.
(Also, if you work the <br>
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm shift, you'll mostly be leaving voicemails.)<br>
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This bill is the first brick in the wall to get Big Money out
of the democratic<br>
processes. Please help us get it done now. <br>
<br>
You can start by signing the petition in support of the bill
at caclean.org<br>
(right column, second item). Then tell me you want to do the
phone-bank<br>
training, and I'll sign you up.<br>
<br>
Brian <br>
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* The CA DISCLOSE Act, AB 1148, will require that those who fund
political<br>
ads identify themselves. No more hiding behind names like
"Committee for<br>
More Jobs". They'll have to say, "This ad funded by EXXON,
Halliburton,<br>
and General Atomics". Recent experience shows that when the
voters know<br>
that ballot initiatives are sponsored by interests such as
"Texas Oil", PG&E,<br>
and Mercury Insurance, they know to vote them down.<br>
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