Posted on 05/17/2009 2:34:26 PM PDT by calcowgirl
The battle over six budget-related measures on Tuesday's special election ballot has generated more than $31.5 million in campaign spending, split the state's labor community and created strange bedfellows on both sides.
Supporters, aided by the powerful California Teachers Association and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's business allies, have raised more than $27.6 million to back Propositions 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F.
Opponents, a collection of unions, anti-tax groups and supporters of children's and mental health programs, have raised $3.8 million.
... the California Federation of Teachers, a smaller rival to the California Teachers Association ... has chipped in more than $577,000, mostly to fight Proposition 1A.
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The California Teachers Association and its national affiliate, the National Education Association, have spent $12.2 million, mostly in support of propositions 1A and 1B. But the CTA also has given nearly $2 million to a campaign committee backing all six measures.
Schwarzenegger's California Dream Team campaign committee has chipped in another $2.5 million to support the six propositions. Much of that came from insurers, investment companies, utilities, oil companies and groups representing hospitals, dentists and farmers.
One of the governor's biggest supporters, A. Jerrold Perenchio, former chairman and chief executive officer of Univision, a Spanish-language television network, has given $1.5 million to the main campaign committee supporting the six proposals.
GTECH, a casino and lottery management company, has contributed $1.2 million to the campaign for Proposition 1C. Scientific Games, another lottery supplier, has donated $325,000, and the California Democratic Party has spent $341,000 to back the measure, one of three it has endorsed. The other two are propositions 1B and 1F.
The California State Council of Service Employees ... has given $1.1 million to support Proposition 1C [and] $1.3 million to oppose Proposition 1A.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
They are still going to lose most if not all these measures. Let them waste their money.
the “tax/spend more” campaign is always going to generate more money than the “don’t” campaign, because the “tax/spend more” campaign people get REPAID.
All in an attempt to steal your money.
Now just where exactly did this money come from since California is alledgely broke?
Ok where do you think the Teachers Union is getting money? Obama? Tax Payers?
So? Liberals are free to pour money down the rat hole.
Rat hole? Unintended pun?
Fixed.
They should have just given the money to the governmnet themselves.
How do you think California became broke?
You win some, you lose some. When you win, there is a big payoff — in this election it approaches $20 billion dollars of new taxpayer money to keep their pet projects going.
LOL
Despite the wacko politics— California has always been my home. I never considered actually leaving until now.
“They are still going to lose most if not all these measures. Let them waste their money.”
Exactly. Very expensive toast. It’d be really nice to figure out a way to collect this type of “support” money, wouldn’t it? You could never be held to account, you don’t have to show results, time moves on and it’s just another toilet flush. It would be like picking an obviously wrong venue in which to advertise your business.
Heads on sticks!
Question for all you residents of Ca. Do you really believe that the votes will go ‘NO’ this time around? You all have had to endure the ‘Stupid’ factor for years there!
Despite voting in Rats most of the time, Californians usually vote the right way on propositions. For example, we have passed property tax protection, English only in schools and government, no welfare for illegals, no gay marriage (twice).
The only time the people get it wrong is when there is huge, huge spending by the opposition. Even then the vote is usually close.
There is an advertising blitz going on for these props (even on the right wing talk stations).
Here’s hoping the folks get it right this time.
This is what nobody wants to admit:
California will be bailed out by Obama, Dems in D.C., and the RINO’s that think California is too big to fail. And the people of California will continue to elect the same politicians that are causing all of the problems.
While the media blame conservative’s for everything.
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