[Chat] do u have an e-mail address?

[WeinsteinM at aol.com]

Senator Conway's e-mail is joan.carter.conway at senate.state.md.us, or call 
410-841-3145 (I am told that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of 
the session).

In a message dated 3/17/07 10:52:46 AM, jberlin at bcpl.net writes:

> do  u  have an e-mail address?     judy
> On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:18 PM, WeinsteinM at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >  Annapolis Action Alert
> >
> >  Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform
> >  HB 731/SB 546
> >  Lead Sponsors: Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Paul Pinsky
> >
> >
> >  Dear Friends,
> >
> >  Just two and a half months ago, on January 4, 2007, State Senator 
> > Joan Carter Conway met with a group of about 30 constituents and 
> > others at the NAACP headquarters on 26th Street and committed to 
> > support Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform.  She promised that she 
> > would personally cosponsor the bill and that it would receive a timely 
> > vote in her committee this session.  We were delighted and grateful 
> > for her strong commitment of support, especially given her powerful 
> > position as chair of the EHEA Committee and also considering the 
> > well-known opposition of the Senate President, Thomas V. Mike Miller.  
> > And, indeed, she has cosponsored the bill and held the bill hearing 
> > early in the session, on February 22nd. 
> >
> > But this week, with just over three weeks left in the session, Senator 
> > Conway has told us that she will not bring up the bill for a vote 
> > because of Mike Miller's opposition.  NOW IS THE TIME FOR SEN. CONWAY 
> > TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ASK HER TO KEEP HER PROMISE AND HOLD 
> > A VOTE ON THE BILL.
> >
> >  We believe that we have the votes to pass the bill out of Sen. 
> > Conway's EHEA committee.  This is the same bill that passed this 
> > committee as well as the full House of Delegates last year. 
> >
> >  By way of background, this is the legislation that will make Maryland 
> > the fourth state to enact this cutting-edge solution to the problem of 
> > private campaign contributors accruing undue influence in politics and 
> > policy-making.  The status quo undermines the very foundations of 
> > democracy.  This kind of campaign finance reform -- voluntary public 
> > financing for qualified, viable candidates -- makes available a stream 
> > of funding that comes with none of the strings that inevitably 
> > accompany large private donations, and does it in a way that passes 
> > constitutional muster under the Supreme Court's 1976 Buckley v. 
> > Vallejo decision.  To read more, please visit www.publiccampaign.org. 
> >
> >  You can read the Baltimore Sun's editorial on the bill at 
> > www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-
> > ed.reform14feb14,0,3311395.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines, and you 
> > can read the report of the state study commission that recommended the 
> > bill at http://mlis.state.md.us/other/campaign_financing.pdf.  The 
> > General Assembly's fiscal and policy note on the bill is available at 
> > http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0546.pdf. 
> >
> >  Now is the time to take action and make your voice heard! 
> >
> > Please send an e-mail today to Senator Conway at 
> > joan.carter.conway at senate.state.md.us, or call 410-841-3145 (I am told 
> > that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of the 
> > session).  Ask her to keep her promise and bring SB546 out of her 
> > committee now.  These calls and e-mails are critical -- they will 
> > allow Senator Conway to tell the Senate President that pressure from 
> > her district requires her to go ahead and hold a vote in spite of his 
> > opposition. 
> >
> >  Please forward this e-mail to other 43rd District constituents, 
> > neighborhood e-mail lists, and others who you think will take action 
> > to advance this reform. 
> >
> >  The coalition supporting this legislation is made up of a broad range 
> > of organizations including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, 
> > Progressive Maryland, NAACP, AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, PIRG, and the 
> > Baltimore Jewish Council.  Thank you for adding your critically needed 
> > voice to theirs!  
> >
> >  Matthew Weinstein 
> >
> >
> >
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