Just to follow on Jon’s commentary this morning and the news of today’s Field poll…the one that has Prop 93 losing at 46% "no" and 33% yes after being 39-39 10 days ago.
2 pieces of mail I’ve received from the "Yes" side have been prominently featuring firefighters on the front side of the mailer, They use the same font below as the Guv’s piece that Jon mentions as Republican mailer #1. "Limit legislators terms" "Yes on 93" with firefighters pictured above. A shameful effort by 93ers to use the firefighters heroic figure status among the public for this play.
On the back it quotes a past president of the fire chiefs "Yes on 93 means the voices of firefighters on the front lines will be heard when crucial budget decisions are made in Sacramento."
Whaaaat? So you’re saying they’re not heard now… and this phony term limit extension will somehow change that.
Another line claims- "Yes on 93 means real reform-lifetime limits on legislators’ terms"
Hellllooooo…we now have lifetime limits.
Somewhere else they claim "real term limits" That is what they are afraid of, they become very real on November 30 at midnight this year, only 10 months to go in over 30 Assembly or Senate "careers" when 93 fails. I wonder what magic words the proponents will come up with at the press conference at L.A. city hall this morning that will turn the tide of 93?