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Rubber Stamping Criminalizing Human Traffkicked Victims In Prop 35

by Maxine Doogan (noonprop35 [at] gmail.com)
Groups have clearly made a mistake by not soliciting the No On Prop 35 when it endorsed this bait and switch ballot measure. We call on them to take responsibility and admit they didn’t act democratically when they endorsed Prop 35.
Shame on the California State Democratic Party, the California State Republican Party, the California Federation of Labor, the California National Organization for Women, the California Federation of Teachers, the California Nurses Association and the NAACP for rubber stamping Prop 35 without bothering to ask to hear the opposition.

These group have neglected their responsibility to act democratically on behalf of the victims of trafficking and their own members when they didn't bother to vet properly this reckless ballot measure.

Its not lost on the voters that Prop 35’s exact same lock'em up and throw away the key policies are being rolled back in both Prop 34 and 36. Not only have these failed policies robbed the public trust of affordable public education but they are contrary to the democracy these member organizations claim to value.

Its of no small consequence that Prop 32 is before the voters poised take away these group’s right to politically associate as they have voted against their own self interest and violated the public trust in the process over and over again.

These groups have clearly made a mistake by not soliciting the No On Prop 35 when it endorsed this bait and switch ballot measure. We call on them to take responsibility and admit they didn’t act democratically when they endorsed Prop 35.

Vote No ON Prop 35
Maxine Doogan
10/24/2012
http://www.noonprop35.info
@opposeprop35
noonprop35 [at] gmail.com

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