Smear campaigns are business as usual these days, making it difficult to really know where the candidates stand on the issues. The best web site I've found to get the staight scoop (or poop) on candidates and elected officials is: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm They seem to be truly neutral and dedicated to informing voters with the relevant facts. SUV or not, this site shows candidate Ellen Corbett has a very pro-environmental record. http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_cat...can_id=CCA60419 Oh, and did I mention...This election falls on 6.6.6
What should we do? Call Toyota and threaten to have about a dozen of us closest to San Leandro (including me, probably) drive our Priuses to the Toyota dealer's lot and set them ablaze, if they don't withdraw from CCJR? Seriously, it makes me wonder what other PACs or 527s or whatever-they-are Toyota contributes to. You never know when an embarrassment from membership in one of these groups might jump up and bite your nice person.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ghostofjk @ May 26 2006, 08:36 PM) [snapback]261617[/snapback]</div> Partial List of contributors to Ellen M. Corbett's campaigns: List information obtained from the California Secretary of State web site. Though, there is not much information there regarding her current campaign. NUMMI Good Gov't Fund . . . . NUMMI is a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota to build vehicles in the United States. So, not only does Toyota contribute to CCJR, they also contribute to Ellen M. Corbett??? Whelllll, there's your smoking gun against Toyota. :lol: PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION . . . not exactly what could be considered a friend of the environment! http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/SFGr...endar/e061.html KEMNITZER, ANDERSON, BARRON & OGILVIE LLP . . . is the largest and longest standing California law firm specializing in California lemon law, auto fraud and automotive class action litigation on behalf of California consumers. http://www.kabolaw.com/ GRASSINI & WRINKLE, A LAW CORP . . . Largest Verdict in California History. $51,639,192.00 verdict against Children's Hospital of Orange County. http://www.verdictsearch.com/news/specials...dicts_burch.jsp RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF AMERICA, INC CONSUMER ATTORNEY'S PAC CA MOTOR CAR DEALERS ASSN PA GENENTECH, INC MERCK & CO, INC CA CABLE TV ASSN SEMPRA ENERGY CHEVRONTEXACO WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC CA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN CA APARTMENT ASSN LOCKHEED MARTIN After the Democrat Party, it is the CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA, FURTADO JASPOVICE & SIMONS (personal injury attorneys), CALIFORNIA APPLICANTS ATTORNEYS ASSOC/CAAA PAC, and the CALIFORNIA TRIAL LAWYERS PAC who have donated the most to her campaigns in 1998 and 2000 (last records available) . . . of which they respectively gave 99.68%, 95.17%, 100.00%, and 93.29% to Democrats. http://www.followthemoney.org/database/Sta...=19985&c=392298 http://www.followthemoney.org/database/Sta...=20005&c=346285 Not quite what one could label a middle of the road politician, now is she.
