Subject: CCMC Newsletter: AARP Endorses Prop 89, and More!

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:05:53 -0400 (EDT)

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October 13, 2006

Latest Prop 89 News
* AARP Endorses Prop 89!
* Report Shows Money Dominates Politics But Prop 89 Would Level the Playing Field
* Yes on 89 in the News
* What can you do to help pass Prop 89?

California is making history. But not the kind of 
history we can be proud of. 

For example, with less than a month left before 
the Nov. 7 election, spending on Proposition 87 has 
set a state record of nearly $105 million and counting 
for a single initiative. Oil companies are the largest 
contributors, donating more than $58 million against 
87.

You can do something about it.  Stop the special 
interest buying spree by helping us pass Proposition 
89, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections 
Act.

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AARP Endorses Prop 89!

AARP-California, which represents over 3 million 
seniors in the state, joined other leading senior 
groups to endorse Proposition 89.  "AARP endorses 
Prop 89 because it creates a level playing field for 
fair elections. Politicians won't spend all their time 
raising money, they will focus on their job-taking 
care of the needs of the voters and being
accountable to all of us, not the special interests," 
explained Tom Porter, AARP California State 
Director.

Prop 89 also received the endorsement of 
MoveOn, giving even greater strength to our 
grassroots online organizing.  Don’t forget to add 
your voice to Prop 89 supporters by Bucking the 
System (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.hmo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fsvzc7) today.

Read the press release on the AARP endorsement - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.mmo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.89now.org%2Fnewslink%2F89now_2006-10-09.php

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Report Shows Money Dominates Politics But Prop 89 Would Level the Playing Field

An new report by the California Clean Money 
Campaign found that money dominates politics in 
California and that incumbents particularly benefit 
from the current system.  An appalling 95% of races 
were won by the candidate who spent the most 
money in 2002-2004 in California.  Not a single 
challenger managed to spend as much money as an 
incumbent in a primary.

The report found that with 
the matching funds in Prop 89, qualified Clean Money 
candidates would have had the same amount to 
spend as incumbents in virtually every race, making 
elections about ideas, not money.

The voters out there may wonder why their 
choices are so constrained on November 7th ," 
said Trent Lange, author of the report and Vice 
President of the California Clean Money Campaign. 
"Our analysis shows that special interest money is 
the main determinant of election outcome, regardless 
of how districts are cut. By injecting clean public 
money into the system, Prop 89 would lead to more 
competitive races in the vast majority of cases, 
especially when incumbents are involved, and that 
would lead to more voter choice."

See the full report and accompanying graphs - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.nmo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.caclean.org%2Fpress%2Fpr_2006-10-04.php%3Fref%3Dne%3Accmc_newsletter101306

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Yes on 89 in the News

Sacramento News 
and Review Editorial (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.umo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy8k6wt), October 5

"Really, folks, this is a no-brainer. We either want to 
stop the corrosive and anti-democratic effects of 
special-interest money, or we don’t. Big-money PACs 
have created a vast pool of cynicism about the very 
idea of the democratic process, and that cynicism 
has turned far too many voters away from the polls, 
convinced that their votes mean nothing against the 
power of corporate clout. But if we deny big money 
the power to once again stifle the popular will with 
misleading campaign advertising, we can extinguish 
that cynicism and take back our democracy. Vote 
yes on 89."

"Less 
Corporate Money, More Voters" (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.ymo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy5nfz2), Los Angeles 
Times, October 10

by Jamie Court

"...Proposition 89 would start restoring sanity in 
political spending, and not just by reforming the 
financing of ballot measures. It also would provide for 
public funding for candidates willing to forgo private 
fundraising from special interests, which is likely to 
reduce overall candidate advertising..."

"Taking 
Back Government From Special Interests" (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.zmo4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fsf65a), San 
Diego Union-Tribune October 11

by Ned Wigglesworth

"Proposition 89, the campaign reform measure on the 
November ballot, presents voters with a golden 
opportunity to take back government from the 
special interests and lobbyists that currently run the 
show in Sacramento..."

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What can you do to help pass Prop 89?

1)&nbsp; Join one of our 
phone banks (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.ano4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy3jnlt) from Sunday through Thursday 
nights in West Los Angeles, Glendale, Sacramento, 
San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Clara, or San 
Diego.

2)&nbsp; Send an email to 
your friends and emails (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.bno4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyhypg4) asking them to Buck 
the System with Prop 89.

3)&nbsp; Absentee ballots are out now, so if you 
vote by mail, don't forget to vote Yes on 89!  (And 
did we mention joining one of our 
phone banks (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=6ma5czbab.0.ano4czbab.kenmtrbab.10855&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy3jnlt) to talk to absentee voters 
now?

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