<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Senator Conway's e-mail is joan.carter.conway@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).<BR>
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In a message dated 3/17/07 10:52:46 AM, jberlin@bcpl.net writes:<BR>
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On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:18 PM, WeinsteinM@aol.com wrote:<BR>
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> Annapolis Action Alert<BR>
><BR>
> Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform<BR>
> HB 731/SB 546<BR>
> Lead Sponsors: Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Paul Pinsky<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Dear Friends,<BR>
><BR>
> Just two and a half months ago, on January 4, 2007, State Senator <BR>
> Joan Carter Conway met with a group of about 30 constituents and <BR>
> others at the NAACP headquarters on 26th Street and committed to <BR>
> support Clean Money Campaign Finance Reform. She promised that she <BR>
> would personally cosponsor the bill and that it would receive a timely <BR>
> vote in her committee this session. We were delighted and grateful <BR>
> for her strong commitment of support, especially given her powerful <BR>
> position as chair of the EHEA Committee and also considering the <BR>
> well-known opposition of the Senate President, Thomas V. Mike Miller. <BR>
> And, indeed, she has cosponsored the bill and held the bill hearing <BR>
> early in the session, on February 22nd. <BR>
><BR>
> But this week, with just over three weeks left in the session, Senator <BR>
> Conway has told us that she will not bring up the bill for a vote <BR>
> because of Mike Miller's opposition. NOW IS THE TIME FOR SEN. CONWAY <BR>
> TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ASK HER TO KEEP HER PROMISE AND HOLD <BR>
> A VOTE ON THE BILL.<BR>
><BR>
> We believe that we have the votes to pass the bill out of Sen. <BR>
> Conway's EHEA committee. This is the same bill that passed this <BR>
> committee as well as the full House of Delegates last year. <BR>
><BR>
> By way of background, this is the legislation that will make Maryland <BR>
> the fourth state to enact this cutting-edge solution to the problem of <BR>
> private campaign contributors accruing undue influence in politics and <BR>
> policy-making. The status quo undermines the very foundations of <BR>
> democracy. This kind of campaign finance reform -- voluntary public <BR>
> financing for qualified, viable candidates -- makes available a stream <BR>
> of funding that comes with none of the strings that inevitably <BR>
> accompany large private donations, and does it in a way that passes <BR>
> constitutional muster under the Supreme Court's 1976 Buckley v. <BR>
> Vallejo decision. To read more, please visit www.publiccampaign.org. <BR>
><BR>
> You can read the Baltimore Sun's editorial on the bill at <BR>
> www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-<BR>
> ed.reform14feb14,0,3311395.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines, and you <BR>
> can read the report of the state study commission that recommended the <BR>
> bill at http://mlis.state.md.us/other/campaign_financing.pdf. The <BR>
> General Assembly's fiscal and policy note on the bill is available at <BR>
> http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0546.pdf. <BR>
><BR>
> Now is the time to take action and make your voice heard! <BR>
><BR>
> Please send an e-mail today to Senator Conway at <BR>
> joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us, or call 410-841-3145 (I am told <BR>
> that phone calls get more attention at this late stage of the <BR>
> session). Ask her to keep her promise and bring SB546 out of her <BR>
> committee now. These calls and e-mails are critical -- they will <BR>
> allow Senator Conway to tell the Senate President that pressure from <BR>
> her district requires her to go ahead and hold a vote in spite of his <BR>
> opposition. <BR>
><BR>
> Please forward this e-mail to other 43rd District constituents, <BR>
> neighborhood e-mail lists, and others who you think will take action <BR>
> to advance this reform. <BR>
><BR>
> The coalition supporting this legislation is made up of a broad range <BR>
> of organizations including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, <BR>
> Progressive Maryland, NAACP, AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, PIRG, and the <BR>
> Baltimore Jewish Council. Thank you for adding your critically needed <BR>
> voice to theirs! <BR>
><BR>
> Matthew Weinstein <BR>
><BR>
><BR>
><BR>
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