Welcome!
NEW BEGINNINGS
We won! Our vote result in the June 8 primary was 79.5%.
Now we have a brand new campaign. The mission of Laura Wells for Governor 2010 is to bring into California a message that would not exist if we weren’t in the race. It is our mission to pave the way for a Green Governor and a Green Government in this state. If that day comes on November 2, 2010 it will be fine with me. My first order of business would be to gather a staff of people with great values and great ideas, ready to implement solutions. No graduates of Goldman Sachs!
Yes, we know how the system is set up; we know the odds. But sooner or later, constructive change will come to California, and the mission of Sacramento will be to benefit all the people, not just a few. We will be part of that great turning.
A better world is possible,
Laura
WE'RE RUNNING!
California has been a golden state of opportunities in education, health care, environment and jobs. But something has gone wrong.
The disparity of wealth and income is growing. California has 10% of the world’s billionaires. While the California super-rich pay no more tax than anyone else on their first $50,000, they pay a lot less today on the rest of their millions than they did 20-30 years ago.
Let’s look at the largest corporation in California. Chevron executives take their case to court to reduce taxes the corporation pays. At the same time, they take more from us at the gas pump, make record profits, and give back less to California. The bailout was the visible tip of the iceberg; they take taxpayer money, and run.
Meanwhile, California debt is pushed onto the middle class and even the lower income and affluent, and into the future.
Many Californians love the old Prop 13, and well they should. Voters approved it in 1978 because of the parts that were advertised: keeping people, especially seniors on fixed incomes, in their homes. But Prop 13 has sneaky, destructive parts as well. Political leaders will not talk straight about Prop 13, even though keeping the good and fixing the bad of Prop 13 is vital to California.
My name is Laura Wells, and I am a candidate for the Green Party nomination for Governor of California. This campaign will deliver a message with solutions – solutions both common sense and bold – that the mainstream candidates avoid. The two "Titanic" parties will say what they need to say to get votes, and when elected they will do a little for regular people, but the Titanic parties will not alienate their corporate sponsors.
When we keep the good, and fix the bad of the old Prop 13, California can have fair taxes for a change – a change in education, the environment, and job opportunities at home. Rather than drowning in debt and begging Wall Street for loans, California can institute a State Bank that partners with local banks and credit unions, and invests in California's infrastructure and future generations.
There are solutions.
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— Laura
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