We need your help to Stop AB 131, the California Dream Act! The deadline to return completed petitions is only a couple of weeks away and we need all the help we can get! Please continue gathering signatures and send in completed petitions, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 30th, to Stop AB 131:
Tim DonnellyIf you need more petitions for signature gathering, please email the CFRW Advocate at advocate@cfrw.org. Please visit www.StopAB131.com for more information. California cannot afford to pay for college for illegal immigrants. The estimated cost will be $65 million for the first year alone. The California Dream Act is not fair to hard working, legal California students trying to pay for college. Stop this bill now!
P.O. Box 877
Monrovia, CA 91017
More Ballot Measures
Now this is a ballot measure we can get behind! This week the initiative to ban payroll deductions for political spending qualified to be on the November general election ballot. The initiative would prohibit unions and corporations from automatically deducting money from employee’s check for political disbursements. It would also include a prohibition on unions, corporations or contractors that currently work for the government from giving to a political candidate’s campaigns. This is most commonly called “payroll protection” and it will be on the ballot for the first time since 2005. Stay tuned as more ballot measures qualify for the general election. We must remain informed and educated on the issues!
The SB 48 Fight Is Not Over
Earlier this week the Capitol Resource Institute and other pro-family organizations submitted an initiative to the Attorney General to counter the effects of SB 48. If you will recall, the referendum to repeal SB 48 fell short of the signatures necessary to put the measure on the ballot. But unfazed by the hurdle, the same organizations have this time filed an initiative effort. They hope to curb some of the harmful effects of SB 48. SB 48 mandates that by 2015 all social science textbooks from Kindergarten to 12th grade include a “gay-history” chapter in publically funded California schools. The initiative will assure “that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other minority figures are not excluded from inclusion in California curriculum while requiring accurate historical portrayals of all individuals.” Visit www.stopsb48.com for more information. Signature gatherers will be needed for this initiative soon, so if you are interested in helping, please email the CFRW Legislative Advocate at advocate@cfrw.org.
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Mariann Hedstrom, President California Federation of Republican Women
Allison Olson, CFRW Legislative Advocate
