Hello, WashClean Supporters!
Oil company bribes for
earmarked tax giveaways. Scandals everywhere. How bad can it get?
We MUST END the influence of money over lawmaking and public policies
that don't benefit ordinary Americans.
We need PUBLIC
financing of campaigns - so Congress is no longer
indebted to special interests.
It won't be handed to us
on a silver platter. But together, we can
make this happen in Washington State! - and with other states helping,
we'll take it to Congress!
We are preparing plans
for a voter ballot initiative. If you can help, write wpc@washclean.org
.
But for now, we need to tell sitting legislators
that the public wants to end the power of special interests; we
want public financing of campaigns.
Here is what you can do. Remember: Many
hands make light work!
- We want WashClean chapters and supporters
in all locations to arrange meetings with your legislators, in
your district - by the end of October or sooner. Show them all
the local support; tell them you support public financing for
campaigns, and ask what they will do, to enact this change in
Washington State.
- Set up local meetings wherever local
chapters don't exist yet. We will help you arrange a Meet-Up in
your area, to get started. Visit our website page Local
Chapters for info:
Visit the WPC
Calendar, to learn where events are happening.
- Before the end of September, ask your
neighbors to drop by, to watch the DVD about Clean Elections.
Clean Elections programs have changed the political landscape
in Maine, Arizona and elsewhere - where lawmakers have stared
down the special interests and enacted laws benefitting ALL the
people.
- We'll mail you a DVD if you don't have
one - send us your postal address, to DVD@washclean.org,
with "DVD" in the subject line.
- View our website - washclean.org
- then invite your friends to sign up to bring Clean Campaigns/Elections
to Washington State and Congress. We can do this here!
- Sign the WashClean Citizens' Petition,
endorsing public financing and Clean Campaigns.
Download a copy from our website. Take copies to your
neighbors, your co-workers, your faith group, your gym class,
your bookclub.
- Tell them there is a SOLUTION to these
scandals; it doesn't have to be this way. Several states have
enacted Clean Elections programs - and now their lawmakers do
the bidding of the people, not the special interests!
WE
CAN DO THIS HERE! - but it requires robust statewide organizing
and YOUR support.
WE
DEPEND on voluntary membership dues:
Suggested $35-$50, or whatever you can afford!
You can
donate on line - DONATE
Or mail checks to:
Washington Public Campaigns, P.O. Box 45088 Seattle WA 98145-0088
Questions? Call 206-784-9695
THANK
YOU !!
Craig
Salins
Executive Director
Washington Public Campaigns
craig@washclean.org
206-784-9695
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