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HOT BUTTON ISSUE - NEW LOBBYIST BILLS
From Bill Arnold
TO ALL STATE LEGISLATORS:
We as 2 members of the Alaska Voters Organization just noticed an educational hot button issue on the web site. How do each of you Legislators expect to cut funding and spending with crap like HB 106 and SB 106? It is fast becoming clear to us that partisan politics are the real root problem with the failure of our government to budget and spend within its means. The Republicans and Democrats are a small minority, respectively with regard to 53% of the Undeclared and Non Partisan majority voters in this state. We hope that organizations like Alaska Voters Statewide start focusing on new non partisan candidates that are lacking the Republican and Democrat label. We are letting a small minority run the majority under our present legislative makeup.
Each of you that sponsored HB 106 and SB 89 and plan to vote for them, ask yourself "What happens if a typical lobbyist cannot vote for me several hundred or a thousand times in my election bid next time?" Will I be in the legislature at the end of 2004 and 2006? You may wish to commission a study and consult with Former Representatives: Drew Scalzi, Hal Smalley, Ken Lancaster and Gail Phillips just to name four locally on the Kenai Peninsula. Do you catch the drift?
Bill and Samon Arnold (THE FOLLOWING IS CONDENSED FROM THE ALASKA VOTERS ORGANIZATION WEBSITE:)
HOT BUTTON ISSUE
"An Informed Voter Is The Best Defense Against Bad Government"
SB 89 & HB 106 Greatly Reduce Registration Requirements For Lobbyist!!!
HB 106 Summary
HB 106, Introduced by the House Judiciary Committee: (MCGUIRE/ANDERSON, Coghill, Holm, Samuels, Gara, and Gruenberg). This special interest legislation will gut the current laws requiring lobbyist register, declare who they work for, and how much they are paid. It will also allow lobbyist that are no longer classified as lobbyist to participate in fund raising activities for politicians and promotion of more special interest legislation. Recommend: Oppose
Related News Articles & Public Opinion Messages:
Current Status of HB 106
Will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee (only hearing) Monday March 3, 2003
House Judiciary Committee Members, email addresses, and phone numbers:
SB 89 Summary
SB 89, Sponsored by Senator Seekins. This special interest legislation will gut the current laws requiring lobbyist register, declare who they work for, and how much they are paid. It will also allow lobbyist that are no longer classified as lobbyist to participate in fund raising activities for politicians and promotion of more special interest legislation. Recommend: Oppose
Current Status of SB 89
Will only be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senate Judiciary Committee Members, email addresses, and phone numbers:
Email addresses for all legislators and media statewide can be found on the Links page. Consider sending your message to EVERYONE !!! ---------- "Alaska Voters Organization; Helping Taxpayers Save Money One Bill At A Time"
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