TV Spots opposing Prop. 14 airing statewide for the first time
Newswire Services
May 28, 2010
Television spots opposing Prop. 14 airing by state´s independent political parties; ads charge Prop. 14 is ´lie,´ will limit voter choices, and elect more of the same politicians
SACRAMENTO – The first television spots opposing Prop. 14 on the June 8 ballot
are now running throughout the state, according to the Green Party of California
and Peace and Freedom Party of California.
Although all six ballot-qualified parties in the state are opposing Prop. 14 –
which would severely limit voter choices in major elections – two of the smaller
independent parties are the first to mount a targeted mass media campaign.
The television spots are running in select markets in the San Francisco Bay Area
and Los Angeles, as well as Sacramento. Roughly 600 spots are hitting the
airwaves on CNN, Headline News and MSNBC.
The spots ask voters to "Don´t buy the lie," charging that Prop. 14 would limit
only the "two big money politicians" in the general elections.
"Proposition 14 is another scheme to hurt the people of California," said Barry
Hermanson, Co-Chair of the California Green Party. "People want more choices,
not fewer. Prop. 14 gives us more of the same. It guarantees the jobs of
incumbents, who voted to put this on the ballot in the first place. It´s backed
by big special interests, who have put the state in the mess it is in today."
"Proposition 14 is clearly intended to destroy small parties," said Kevin Akin,
Chairman of the California Peace and Freedom Party. "It creates a closed general
election in which only two of the richest candidates would be on the ballot in
November, with no more smaller-party or independent candidates, and write-in
candidates would be outlawed. This is intended as a coup that overthrows
democracy in California."
The spots can be viewed peaceandfreedom.org and caagreens.org.
SACRAMENTO – The first television spots opposing Prop. 14 on the June 8 ballot
are now running throughout the state, according to the Green Party of California
and Peace and Freedom Party of California.
Although all six ballot-qualified parties in the state are opposing Prop. 14 –
which would severely limit voter choices in major elections – two of the smaller
independent parties are the first to mount a targeted mass media campaign.
The television spots are running in select markets in the San Francisco Bay Area
and Los Angeles, as well as Sacramento. Roughly 600 spots are hitting the
airwaves on CNN, Headline News and MSNBC.
The spots ask voters to "Don´t buy the lie," charging that Prop. 14 would limit
only the "two big money politicians" in the general elections.
"Proposition 14 is another scheme to hurt the people of California," said Barry
Hermanson, Co-Chair of the California Green Party. "People want more choices,
not fewer. Prop. 14 gives us more of the same. It guarantees the jobs of
incumbents, who voted to put this on the ballot in the first place. It´s backed
by big special interests, who have put the state in the mess it is in today."
"Proposition 14 is clearly intended to destroy small parties," said Kevin Akin,
Chairman of the California Peace and Freedom Party. "It creates a closed general
election in which only two of the richest candidates would be on the ballot in
November, with no more smaller-party or independent candidates, and write-in
candidates would be outlawed. This is intended as a coup that overthrows
democracy in California."
The spots can be viewed peaceandfreedom.org and caagreens.org.
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