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 ...
Don’t worry .... Arnuld’s Kaleefornia is BROKE.
I know where there are two “no” votes. We need more heads on a stick to shame these worthless politicians into performing as promised.
I hear ya! Me too.
I’ve lived in CA for many years.For the first time, I can’t get a “feel” for what the public is thinking.
Of course, thinking and feeling might be a problem in itself here in Kali........fornia.
It is a toss up re who will vote for what.
It seems to me that people are quite stressed out and just might not vote at all, either way.
The ads and newspapers are intense and relentless re what will happen if the measures lose.
All Right ! Empty those Union Coffers and piggy banks.
Votes are free.....Politicians are Expensive, but every Union should OWN several.
Here’s the most recent poll I could find, Survey USA 5/10.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=d620bb50-4df7-46b8-87f6-8489e436e2ff
Ron Nehring, the head of the California GOP, gave $600K to Arnold’s “Dream Team” to support 1A!! He needs to be thrown out of the GOP and barred from any official position for life.
I’ll vote for that!
These losing initiatives and special elections are sucking all the money out of people — money that could go to normal elections where we *might* be able to get some decent folks elected. As long as Arnold controls the party, that won’t be possible. (Although I don’t think it will be possible if it is controlled by Whitman, Poizner, or Campbell, either). We are so screwed!
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