Odds and ends...

by: Brian Leubitz

Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 09:23:54 AM PDT

A few odds and ends that I wanted to post:

From the diary of "EthicsinCongress", Charlie Brown (the good guy) will be be "debating" John "15%" Doolittle (the, well, corrupt guy) tonight at 7:30. It will be streamed live over a complex series of tubes that we know as the Internets on News10.net. The format seems more like something straight out of Oprah rather than a "debate", but what can you do? What's the deal with these bizarre debate formats. Why can't we all just do good ol' fashioned Lincoln-Douglas debates. Oh right, that entails knowing a lot of facts and the hard work of preparation. Wouldn't want that, now would we?

Over in my diary with the "Good Ideas" video, "Peter the Bellhop" and I are having a little conversation on Prop 77. Feel free to join in...

Andy Stern, the president of the SEIU, will be in the state promoting his new book, A Country That Works. He's something of the rock star among labor leaders, and is very charismatic. I've posted the California event dates on the flip, or you can check his book website event page. Buy A Country That Works here.

Spending on Prop 87, the oil tax/alternative energy initative, has set a new record. Accourding to the San-Diego Union-Trib spending is currently at $105 million. And there's still 4 weeks left. Whoa! But I suppose this isn't surprising given Stephen Bing's resources and the oil company's resources. Couldn't they just have given all this money to alternative energy research and be done. $100 million makes a lot of solar panels. Nonetheless, we fight on. 87 is a good idea and worthy of passage. You can bet Chevron won't back down.

Brian Leubitz :: Odds and ends...

Andy Stern CA Book Tour dates

10/11
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Drinking Liberally @ Molly Mahlone's
575 South Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA

10/12
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Dean Forum
3502 Watt Way, LA Room 207 â€œAnnenberg Rmâ€?
Los, Angeles, CA

10/18
6:00pm - 8:00pm
2221 Broadway at Grand
Oakland, CA

10/19
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Working Assets Lunch and Book Signing
101 Market St, 1st flr
San Francisco, CA

10/19
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Cody's Bookstore
2 Stockton Street at Market
San Francisco, CA

10/19
8:30pm - 10:00pm
Drinking Liberally @ House of Shields
39 New Montgomery
San Francisco, CA

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one thing on Prop 87 (0.00 / 0)

If Big Oil wasn't spending $59 million against Prop 87, does anyone really think that Bing would have spent $40 million in favor?

Under Prop 89, Chevron's $25 million would be $10,000. Aera Energy's $18.6 million would be $10,000. Occidental's $9.3 million would be $10,000. With the no side having less than $10 million, Bing could get to his current spending percentage with a contribution of $6 million. All told, this save Californians $90 million in political ads.

If RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris could each only spend $10,000 against Prop 86, that would take another $50 million out of the picture.

Using just these two initiatives as examples, it quickly becomes clear that Prop 89 could take 1/3 of the big money out of elections.

Support Proposition 89, visit the Prop 89 blog

by: Yes on Prop 89 @ Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 17:50:25 PM UTC