California Special Election Watch: Proposition 75 – Flap SAYS VOTE YES

Flap supports Proposition 75: Union Dues — Political Contributions or the Paycheck Protection Initiative, and urges its passage at the California Special Election, November 8th.

From Real Clear Politics:

Proposition 75: Union Dues — Political Contributions

• Public Employee Union Dues. Required Employee Consent for Political Contributions. Initiative Statute.

Summary: Prohibits public employee labor organizations from using dues or fees for political contributions unless the employee provides prior consent each year on a specified written form. Prohibition does not apply to dues or fees collected for charitable organizations, health care insurance, or other purposes directly benefiting the public employee. Requires labor organizations to maintain and submit to the Fair Political Practices Commission records concerning individual employees’ and organizations’ political contributions; those records are not subject to public disclosure.

Latest polling results and a poll summary is here.

This is the MEASURE of all MEASURES in the California Special Election on November 8th.

Money is the “Mother’s Milk” of politics and for too long the public employee unions have been exacting money from the payroll checks of their members to promote their left-wing ideologies.

This inititiative would give control of public employee’s payroll deductions for political purposes back to the employees rather than their union bosses.

This measure would make the public employee union organizers and administrators responsive to their members. If the member did not agree with the political position of their union they could withhold their contributions. Now, their money is taken through payroll withholding to be used by the unions as the union sees fit.

Flap handicaps this measure a close win for Governor Schwarzenegger and his California Recovery Team.

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Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page