Everett Town Hall Forum on Clean Campaigns

On Thursday, January 4th, the 38th and 44th LD Democrats, in partnership with Democracy for Snohomish County (DFSC) will present a Town Hall Forum on Clean Campaigns featuring speakers from Washington Public Campaigns (WPC) and representatives from Arizona and Maine, where Clean Campaigns are already the law of the land.

The forum is the brainchild of Marian Harrison, outgoing Chair of the 38th LD and is timed to coincide with the opening of the legislative session in Olympia on Monday, January 8th. John King, Legislative Action Chair from WPC, will provide information on the three bills they will be offering for consideration. In addition to bringing back last year’s effort to enable public financing of local campaigns, there will a bill to create a process for financing judicial campaigns and a comprehensive bill to create a process for financing state-wide campaigns. With Governor Gregoire and the PDC commenting about the need to reform the financing of judicial campaigns after 2006’s Supreme Court races, expectations are high for passage of some form of campaign finance reform in the upcoming session.

The forum will be held at the Snohomish County PUD Auditorium (2320 California Street) in Everett from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. It will be free and open to the public. Local electeds from the Snohomish County area will be invited to attend as well as encouraged to participate in the question and answer period. This event is a must to those who are committed to public financing and wish to make their position known to both their local and state elected representatives. The primary focus of the event is to send the audience away with a list of names and contact information with which they may take action on this important issue. I hope to see you there.

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue