Re: Web service outage

[Phyllis G Ceaser <ceaser3@juno.com>]

I'm never sure where I am supposed to post my ideas so they are going
straight to you. I can't believe that after working years for campaign
finance reform I am now seriously considering Choice 3. Maybe because I
have seen too many campaigns where the challengers had no chance - were
not allowed to take large contributions. Legislative redistricting to
benefit one candidate over another also works to the detriment of one
candidate. A good friend of mine, a Democrat, ran for the California
Assembly against a Republican in an overwhelmingly Republican carved
district. The Democrats in the legislature refused to give her money -
why waste their resources when she had no chance. As it turned out the
Democratic candidate won on election night but lost by a few votes when
absentee ballots were counted. If she had had the money to reach the
absentees early she would have won easily. She needed some large illegal
contributions which she of course could not take. At this point in my
thinking I would like to try COMPLETE disclosure on both candidate
contributions and on ballot measures and also a spending limit with no
limit on size of contributions.

Phyllis Ceaser
Walnut Creek, CA