November 07, 2012
CTA
Teachers 2, Billionaires 0: Prop. 30 wins, 32 goes down to defeat in hard-fought election won by dedicated educators
Science teacher Dana Johnsen from the Oak Grove School District in San Jose celebrates with colleagues after battle with billionaires nets educators the winners!
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November 05, 2012
LA Times
Audit reveals money laundering in $11M Super PAC contribution
Disclosure by Arizona nonprofit shows ties to Koch brothers
Under pressure from California’s political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), an Arizona Political Action Committee (Super-PAC) has admitted that it took $11 million from another super-pac, effectively “laundering” the money that it then contributed in an effort to defeat Proposition 30, the governor’s school revenue measure, and to pass Proposition 32, the Special Exemptions Act that would help wealthy special interests increase their political power.
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November 04, 2012
CTA
Lt. Governor Newsom, CTA President Vogel Energize Bay Area Educators as Election Goes Down to Wire
With Nov. 6 just two days away, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and CTA President Dean E. Vogel energized Fremont educators and supporters at a news conference on Sunday to pass Prop. 30, the governor’s tax measure, and to defeat the deceptive Prop. 32.
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November 01, 2012
Tumblr
"Rich Kids of Prop 32" as seen on Tumblr
Following the popular Internet meme, there's a new "Rich Kids" Tumblr dedicated to exposing the billionaires behind Proposition 32.
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November 01, 2012
Sacramento Bee
Judge confirms ruling against mystery donor to ballot campaigns
A Sacramento Superior Court judge confirmed tonight her ruling against an obscure Arizona campaign group, saying the failure to investigate the source of its funds would cause irreparable harm to California voters. Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang's final ruling ordered Phoenix-based Americans for Responsible Leadership, which donated $11 million to kill Gov. Jerry Brown's tax increase in Proposition 30 and support the campaign finance measure Prop. 32, to turn over information to state regulators on Thursday.
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October 30, 2012
California Labor Federation
This is an ELECTION, not an AUCTION!
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October 30, 2012
FryingPanNews
A Day at the Lincoln Club: My Lunch With the Group Behind Citizens United and Prop. 32
The Lincoln Club gave us the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court victory - which paved the way for Super PACs and unlimited, anonymous corporate donations - and, over the past year, has been instrumental in pushing Proposition 32 onto the California ballot. Matthew Fleischer, an award-winning investigative journalist, a former LA Weekly staff writer and an editor at FishbowlLA, infiltrated the Club's "prospective member" luncheon. Learn about his experience.
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October 28, 2012
Marin Independent Journal
Campaign reform is needed, but Prop. 32 is UNFAIR
The intent of Proposition 32 - also known as the Special Exemptions Act - is to "ban both corporate and union contributions to candidates." So why have the League of Women Voters of California, California Common Cause, and the California Teachers Association joined together to oppose the measure? As usual, the devil is in the details.
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October 26, 2012
NewsReview.com
Extreme-right faces vying - again - to quash unions with another ballot measure
Prop. 32 disproportionately affects unions as they can’t use payroll deductions from their members for political contributions. Corporations don’t use payroll deductions from their employees - they just use their corporate resources. Prop. 32 would absolutely cut off union money, because it outlaws the one method available for unions to raise dollars on anything approaching the same scale as businesses and wealthy individuals: paycheck deductions.
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October 25, 2012
Sacramento Bee
Campaigns receive $11 million from mystery SuperPAC; FPPC demands disclosure
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