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(Note: The Palos Verdes Peninsula Democratic Club provides the following links for reference and research only, and is not responsible for the content of any of the folowing websites, nor does its membership necessarily agree with all points of view or facts presented therein.)
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* "Arnold" Issues
* State Economic Issues (see also Local Economic Issues)
* Local Economic Issues (see also State Economic Issues)
* State Education Issues (see also Local Education Issues)
* Local Education Issues (see also State Education Issues)
* Medical and Health Issues
* Abortion & Women's Rights Issues (see under National Issues)
* Airport Expansion Issues
* Crime & Penal Issues
* Road & Highway Issues
* Civil Rights & Voting Issues (see also National Issues
* Redistricting Issues - see Civil Rights & Voting Issues (above)
* Immigration & Minority Issues (see Civil Rights Issues)
* Separation of Church & State Issues(see also National Issues)
* State Environmental Issues - Air (see also Local Issues)
* Local Environmental Issues - Air (see also State Issues)
* State Environmental Issues - Water (see also Local Issues)
* Local Environmental Issues - Water (see also State Issues)
* Energy Issues (See also National Issues)
* State Environmental Issues - Greenhouse (see also Local Issues)
* Local Environmental Issues - Greenhouse (see also State Issues)
* State Environmental Issues - Parks & Recreation(see also Local)
* Local Environmental Issues - Parks & Recreation (see also State)
* Opinions & Observations from our members
"Arnold" Issues:"They paved paradise and put in a parking lot."
Joni Mitchell
Arnold's "Campaign Promises"
They have archived Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign statements, as featured on his campaign website in October 2003. Read them here:
(report card through 2000 shows Davis did exactly what he promised to do in 1998!)
http://www.calvoter.org/voter/elections/promises/index.html
For a list of Contributors to Arnold's (or other's) Campaign Oct. 2003:
Cal-Access - California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contributions & Expenditure Search System:
http://dbsearch.ss.ca.gov/RecipientSearch.aspx
Go to the above page and fill in the following 2 lines (for Arnold):
"Name of Entity Receiving Contribution:" Schwarzenegger - & use down arrow for "Contains"
"Amount of Contribution:" "Min." 10,000 - "Max." 999,999,999
Do not fill out any other lines. Leave pre-checked items as-is.
Scroll down to bottom of page and hit "Search" button"
The results take a while to compile & download - but the list of 261 MAJOR contributors to Arnold is very telling about those "Special Interest" groups he says he isn't involved with!
Note: You can sort by Amount donated by clicking on the "Total" column heading on the results page.
ARNOLD LOG:
Campaign Promises & Consequences:
* "Independent"- No Special Interests
....See his campaign donations from Real Estate Developers, etc.)
....Note the way he "doesn't" cater to Bush & cronies already)
* Create "new" Jobs
* Stop movement of companies out of state
* Help the environment
* Abolish Coastal Commission? (rumored conflicting statements)
* Improve the L.A. schools with classroom/textbook shortages
* Fix Pete Wilson's car tax law (it wasn't Davis's law!)
* Tax Native American Gaming
* Won't raise any taxes? (sort of promised)
What Arnold's Opponents Promised - But Arnold Wouldn't:
* Reduce junior college fees
* Fix the state college budget problem & its lost students
* Stop the property tax loophole for big group investors
State Economic Issues:
Local Economic Issues:
State Education Issues:Report on State Education (about August, 2003)
("State's Press Release" compliments of "weblog" link from Faniel Weintraub of the Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/insider/archives/star.doc
STAR (Standardized Testing & Reporting) Information
Information & Test Results shown at Calif. Dept. of Education: http://star.cde.ca.gov/
["All Children Left Behind Act"] of 2001 - California Reports
California's "Adequate Yearly Progress" under
Mr. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" (if states can pay for it!) Act
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ay/
Local Education Issues:
Medical and Health Issues:
Airport Expansion Issues:
Crime & Penal Issues:
Road & Highway Issues:
Civil Rights & Voting Issues:(Including Immigration, Minority, and Redistricting Issues)
NEW 10/29/2003
"Key Documents On Electronic Voting Systems"
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's Position on Touch Screen Voting, November 2003, and other information and reports about California voting.
Note: This information is on the official Secretary of State website!
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/touchscreen.htm
California Voter Foundation:
-- Links to information about California Election system: http://www.calvoter.org/index.html
-- County-by-county directory of voting systems: http://www.calvoter.org/issues/votingtech/index.html
-- Information about the 2003 Recall: http://www.calvoter.org/recall/index.html
-- "Campaign Promises" made by various candidates (report card through 2000 shows Davis did exactly what he promised to do in 1998!)
They have archived Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign statements, as featured on his campaign website in October 2003. Read them here:
http://www.calvoter.org/voter/elections/promises/index.html
For a list of contributors to Arnold's (or other's) campaign Oct. 2003:
Cal-Access - California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contributions & Expenditure Search System:
http://dbsearch.ss.ca.gov/RecipientSearch.aspx
Go to the above page and fill in the following 2 lines (for Arnold):
"Name of Entity Receiving Contribution:" Schwarzenegger - & use down arrow for "Contains"
"Amount of Contribution:" "Min." 10,000 - "Max." 999,999,999
Do not fill out any other lines. Leave pre-checked items as-is.
Scroll down to bottom of page and hit "Search" button"
The results take a while to compile & download - but the list of 261 MAJOR contributors to Arnold is very telling about those "Special Interest" groups he says he isn't involved with!
Note: You can sort by Amount donated by clicking on the "Total" column heading on the results page.
The Campaign Disclosure Project:
http://www.campaigndisclosure.org/
Contains summaries of state campaign finance disclusure laws & issues plus a "report card" for EACH STATE.
Separation of Church & State Issues:NEW 08/17/2004
California state legislative bills involving church/state issues:
http://www.au.org/site/PageServer?pagename=advocacy_states_CA
State Environmental Issues - Air:
Local Environmental Issues - Air:
State Environmental Issues - Water:
Local Environmental Issues - Water:
State & Local Energy Issues:NEW LINK 08/17/2004
"Energy company indicted from California energy crisis.
Documents allege market manipulation in 2000.
A Reliant Resources Inc. subsidiary and four of its officers were indicted on charges of manipulating California energy markets, the Justice Department announced Thursday." Apr 8,2004 Article at CNN:
[Webmaster note: Sorry, they've taken this article off CNN's site - I wonder why??]
However, the company's 2003 financial report filed 11/12/2003 is available online, and the various lawsuits and their statuses (at that time) are shown starting on their page 21.
Note that California is not the only state filing lawsuits. Also note that the suits are forced into federal court and it has been ruled that we cannot sue in our state court.
(IMPORTANT: If their site tells you that you are not authorized to view this page, just close the window and retry a couple of times. If that fails, go to Yahoo and do an "advanced search" using the phrase: Reliant Resources Inc. - along with the words: California energy lawsuit - and one of the 2 links Yahoo gives you should work! - If not, I made a copy!
Reliant Resources, Inc.:
http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_main.asp?dcn=0000950129-02-004230&nad
State Environmental Issues - Greenhouse:
Local Environmental Issues - Greenhouse:
State Environmental Issues - Parks & Recreation:
Local Environmental Issues - Parks & Recreation: