Hello,
WashClean Supporters!
Are you fed up yet? - with the arms
race in campaign cash?
One sarcastic bumper sticker reads:
"Be Patriotic: Buy a Congressman!"
Public funding of campaigns (a.k.a.
Clean Campaigns) is essential, and the most important change
we can fight for. We can do it here —
but it requires robust statewide organizing and YOUR support!
CONTENTS
of this WPC Digest
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Join us in the streets,
Primary Day August 21st
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NEWS around the states:
New Jersey, North Carolina, Alaska
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Local chapters and Meet-Ups
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MEET your legislators
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Statewide gathering -
October 20th
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TELL a friend about WPC!
PRIMARY
DAY: JOIN US IN THE STREETS!
Help spread the word of our work for Clean Campaigns. On Primary
Day August 21st, WashClean volunteers will be waving signs, advertising
our website. Contact your local WPC chapter, or Craig@washclean.org,
or Marcee@washclean.org.
Create your own sign, and hit the streets! Suggested slogans:
"Let's have PUBLICLY funded campaigns! —
WashClean.org"
Or maybe
"Elections about VOTES, not $$ —
WashClean.org"
The point is to advertise our website.
NEWS
around the states
Some states are meeting success using
an incremental approach:
New Jersey has approved a program, to "pilot" Clean
Campaigns in three legislative districts. When this proves successful,
it will spread to the rest of the state. njcitizenaction.org/cfr.html
North Carolina has expanded public
financing for judicial races, to include three state offices:
Insurance Commissioner, State Auditor, and Superintendent of
Public Instruction. www.ncvce.org
LOCAL
CHAPTERS and Meet-Ups
WashClean supporters
are organizing local chapters all over the state.
See a list on our website: washclean.org/localchapters.htm
WashClean MEET-UPs: A great way to
meet and get involved in a relaxed social setting.
See the WPC Calendar, my.calendars.net/wpcevents
Upcoming Meet-Ups are: August 19th (SW King Co.), August 23
(Seattle, and Bellingham), August 30th (Bellevue/Eastside).
To establish new local chapters or
Meet-Ups, contact us —
we'll help you get organized! craig@washclean.org
MEET
YOUR LEGISLATORS!
Our success depends on grassroots citizen lobbying! So, we want
WashCleaners in every local area to set up a group meeting with
your local legislators, by the end of October (or sooner). Arrange
this through a local chapter meeting, and let us help you.
When a delegation meets with legislators,
show them the public support, gathered through hundreds of local
Citizens' Petition signers. Thank them if they support us -
or urge them to reconsider if they don't. Urge them to learn
all they can about public financiang of campaigns and to sign
the Candidates Pledge. Remind them: the public supports it,
and it means no more 'dialing for dollars'!
STATEWIDE
GATHERING, October 20th
Mark your calendar: October 20th, for our next statewide gathering,
where local chapter representatives and supporters from all
around will gather for a review of our outreach work, final
planning for citizen lobbying of the January 2008 legislative
session, consideration of a Voter Initiative effort, and more.
Details, including location, time and agenda, will be announced
in September.
TELL
A FRIEND about WashClean.org!
They will thank you for it —
and it builds support for our campaign.
WE DEPEND on voluntary
membership dues:
Suggested $35-$50, or what you can afford!
PLEASE! —
You can donate on line —
washclean.org/donate.htm
Or mail checks to:
Washington Public Campaigns, P.O. Box 45088, Seattle WA 98145-0088.
Questions? Call 206-784-9695
WELCOME!
to those of you new to our mailing list.
Statewide, our contact list now includes over 3,700 supporters
- and growing, through the "Clean Summer" efforts
of volunteers, gathering signatures on our Citizens Petition
to support Public Financing of Campaigns.
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