Common Cause Sells Out to the Highest Bidder

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Remember when Common Cause was a "good government" group? When they fought for campaign spending limits? When they pushed hard for laws that cracked down on special interest contributions to campaigns?
 
Those days are over -- at least for the California chapter.
 
When it comes to its "Voters First" redistricting proposal, Common Cause is firmly in bed with the big money special interests that it built its reputation fighting against.
 
Yesterday Gov. Schwarzenegger's "California Recovery Team" dumped another $250,000 into the campaign. That's on top of $50,000 of seed money it put into the campaign early. If you go to the Secretary of State's website, www.ss.ca.gov, you'll see a list of $100,000 plus contributors. The same people that Common Cause used to rail against.
 
As a progressive, it's painful to see an organization that once stood for good government cuddle up to big Republican donors and shake them down for an initiative that means well but would be destructive to minorities, our communities, and a progressive agenda.

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