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Video from Kickoff
Addressing 100+ supporters at February 1 party to kick off the race for Green Party nomination for Governor of California (7-minute video)
Sac Bee: Prop 13 valentine
Sacramento Bee, "WORTH REPEATING" at top of page 3, Capitol & California
"Prop. 13, I love you, but honey, you've got to change."
LAURA WELLS,
Green Party candidate for governor, on a handwritten valentine. She supports property tax limitations, but opposes the two-thirds vote requirement for tax increases.
Sending Valentine to Prop 13
Gubernatorial candidate sends handwritten Valentine to Prop 13:‘I love you, but honey, you've got to change'
SACRAMENTO – Gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells has sent a handwritten valentine to Prop 13. Approved by voters in 1978, this proposition flattened property tax and required a two-thirds vote of the electorate or legislature to increase taxes.
"Prop 13, I love you, but honey, you've got to change," wrote Ms. Wells.
CBS TV News
Network station interviews Laura
Reporting Hank Plante, February 2, 2010
http://cbs5.com/local/green.party.candidates.2.1465889.html
(Watch TV coverage: Green candidate compares two parties to Titanic; Green Party to lifeboat.)
OAKLAND (CBS 5) ― The Green Party has seen a steady decline in registration and donations in recent years. The slow decline has meant an even tougher struggle for viability among third party candidates.
Oakland's Laura Wells knows she has an uphill battle in the race for California Governor.
Kickoff
Oakland resident Laura Wells kicks off gubernatorial bid
By Ayako Mie, February 3, 2010, oaklandnorth.net
Laura Wells, a candidate for the Green Party’s nomination in California’s gubernatorial race, kicked off her election campaign in Oakland on Monday. More than 100 supporters gathered at La Estrellita restaurant near Oakland’s downtown and placed their hope in the 62-year-old former financial and business analyst to bring changes to the bankrupt state.
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