Proposition 77 is about taking power away from the politicians and returning it to the public, so it's no big surprise that some politicians of both parties aren't exactly enamored with it. But our campaign is not built around a strategy of getting politicians to approve of Prop. 77. |
So far, this campaign has been very one-sided; the only thing the people have heard about the governor's reform agenda is what they heard from union bosses. Now, they will hear from the governor and learn why he believes these reforms are critical. |
The governor thrives on the momentum that he is feeling from the crowds, from the strength of our campaign. |
the more they support them. |
The proliferation of signs diminishes our landscape and has become a kind of visual pollution. I personally find campaign signs obtrusive, so you won't be seeing my name plastered all over the village. |
The public has a very complex relationship with this governor. |
The public will be given a stark choice, |
The union bosses have spent all year saying this is an election about nothing. It provides no motivation at all for their base to turn out and vote on Election Day. |
The union bosses who control the teachers are like a bunch of teenagers with credits cards. They've simply run all around the state charging up massive debts, massive obligations. |
There is a tipping point. We believe the union bosses have far surpassed the tipping point. |
There were people who didn't lift a finger to help in the fight for reform who will now take great joy in pointing out what we should have done differently. |
There's no question that independent voters are an important part of our winning formula. |
They've been very helpful. They allow voters to cut through the din and clutter of the $100-million smear campaign the unions have been waging against the governor, and they allow voters to hear directly from the people who are for change and from people who are against change. |
This campaign is going to offer voters a choice between real reform and moving the state forward or the status quo and more of the same old broken system. I am confident that come Election Day, Californians will be voting for reform. |
This is an all hands on deck struggle for reform. We need every reform minded-supporter pounding the pavement. |