Ventura County Progressive activist Jay Kapitz is continuing to organize a coalition to reform how campaigns are funded. Here is his latest email:
Ventura County grassroots activists, community leaders and average citizens like you will be meeting to organize the local grassroots campaign for the California Fair Elections Act.
Would you like to get politicians out of the fundraising game so they stay focused on the job we elect them to accomplish?
Click on continue reading to see the meeting information and more details. I have seen Jay Kapitz work for other candidates and I know he is very talented at what he does. If you are interested in this issue email him or attend the meeting.
The California Fair Elections Act, which would start to get politicians out of the fundraising game and back to focusing on the needs of the voters, is on the ballot next June thanks to the efforts of working groups across the state like ours! We need to build support in our local communities to make sure it passes.Join Ventura County co-coordinators Jay Kapitz, Mary Pallant, Supervisor Steve Bennett, and other volunteers working in your community to build support for the California Fair Elections Act and Fair Elections full public-funding of campaigns today! Find out how you can help and bring your ideas. Working together, we'll change the way California finances election campaigns so that elected officials stay focused on the job we sent them to accomplish!
When January 10th, 2010 2:00 PM through 4:00 PM
Location Home of Jody Avery-Smith
Newbury Park, CA 91320
Contact Jay for to RSVP or for more info: j_kapitz@yahoo.com .
"With his decision, Mr. Obama became the first candidate of a major party to decline public financing — and the spending limits that go with it — since the system was created in 1976, after the Watergate scandals."
Unfortunately, this is not the best year to be promoting this reform. Current legislators will fight it with all they've got, with ads like, "Don't give control of your elections to an already bloated bureaucracy", "Don't take away the voice of the people!" and "Power grab by the government!"
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