{news} CT COMMON CAUSE WANTS ME TO" Help us defend Clean Elections!"

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fUNNY THIS IS ALL ABOUT LOBBYIST?? NOT MINOR PARTIES?

Tim McKee <timmckee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:45:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim McKee <timmckee at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Fwd: Help us defend Clean Elections
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"Andy Sauer, Connecticut Common Cause" <causenet at commoncause.org> wrote:   To: "Tim Mckee" <timmckee at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:36:28 -0700
Subject: Help us defend Clean Elections
From: "Andy Sauer, Connecticut Common Cause" <causenet at commoncause.org>

    td, table, p, div, span, tr, b, i, font, body{      font-family: verdana;      font-size: 13px;  }  A  {      COLOR: #EA6903;      text-decoration: none;  }  A:hover  {      COLOR: #EA6903;      text-decoration: underline;  }      Dear Tim,
  The lobbyists strike back!
  On behalf of contract lobbyists and other plaintiffs, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of Connecticut's new landmark campaign finance law - before it even takes effect!
  Read the New London Day's story on the ACLU's lawsuit here.
  The lawsuit was not unexpected. Ever since the state's sweeping campaign finance law was passed in 2005, Connecticut's lobbyists have been desperate to do whatever it takes to hold onto their power and influence. The lobbyists have complained that law keeps them and their families from giving campaign contributions and was a violation of their First Amendment rights. Yet, instead of targeting the sections of the law to which they object, they aim to block the whole campaign finance law. Why? Could it be that the problem lobbyists have with the strongest campaign finance law in the nation is not that it limits their "speech" but that it gives candidates an alternative to the money-in-politics game the state's lobbyists have leveraged to their advantage so well?
  The ACLU's legal challenge - as audacious as it is - gives Connecticut, as it defends its law, an opportunity to re-examine state scandals and allows us to shed light on the seamy underside of Connecticut's current pay-to-play system. Connecticut Common Cause has pledged to provide whatever legal and research support is needed to help the state defend the law, but we need your help to do it. We can't provide the state with cutting-edge research - the kind of research that helped pass the landmark law - without the financial support of members like you.
  To help Connecticut Common Cause protect our sweeping Clean Money law, click here. 
  Please help us defend Connecticut's landmark campaign finance law. Please make a contribution to Connecticut Common Cause today.

  Sincerely,

Andy Sauer
Executive Director
Connecticut Common Cause
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