You – and every California household with registered voters – will get an official voter pamphlet before the November 2 election.

Candidates may “purchase space” for a ballot statement if we agree that between the primary and general elections we will not spend more than $12,946,000. That’s me!

We know that the Birthright and Billionaire candidates have agreed to spend much more than that. Mega-bucks Whitman has spent more than – whatever, it always seems to be $10 million more than I heard the last time – $80,000,000?

The cost of the ballot statement, which was free in 2002, jumped to $20 a word in 2006, and to $25 a word now. The limit is 250 words, but my team and I tried very hard to keep it short for two reasons: so people would read it, and so it wouldn’t cost so much! If you are able to purchase a word or two, or a sentence or paragraph, your help will be most appreciated. But don’t contribute too much, Along with agreeing to the voluntary spending limit of $12.9 million, I have agreed to accept no more from each person than $25,900.

Please, only donate if you are a real person; the Green Party is doing everything we can to counteract the power and influence of “corporate persons.” We refuse corporate campaign contributions. They come with strings, and should be called what they are: bribes.

Here’s my ballot statement. Feel free to tell me what you think - we’re having a debate about how strongly to state the case for both spending wisely, and taxing people fairly for a change. And, if you are a real person who is able to contribute, tell me which words you’d like to be yours! 

BALLOT STATEMENT

There are solutions! For great schools, health, environment, jobs, and justice. We can stop coddling mega-corporations and billionaires. They’ve gotten filthy rich, and left California flat broke and unemployment sky high.

We can create a State Bank and invest in California not Wall Street.

Let’s expand the good parts of old Prop 13 to keep people in their homes, and fix rotten parts like the 1/3 minority that has veto power over taxing the rich. Let’s implement fair taxes, and give ourselves and our kids a chance. See LauraWells.org.