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I'm sick of the highest bidder controlling our political process. 'Citizens United' is the 2010 Supreme Court decision that said we can't control corporate spending on elections (as we had done w/ McCain-Feingold), paving the way for the Age of SuperPACs, with their unregulated, massive "dark money" flooding the airwaves and muddling the issues. (I have collections of resources on money in politics, here and here)
If money is speech, then I don't have free speech, at least not as much as Coca-Cola or Exxon.
Tonight (May 9), Needham Town Meeting is voting on a resolution that will petition the MA Legislature and Congress to begin the process of overturning Citizens United, thru an amendment to the US Constitution. It is Article 23 on the warrant.(For overview/background, see this guide at We the People - Needham).
Please consider taking 10 minutes and making 5 (or more!) phone calls to your Town Meeting Members--ask them to vote AYE on Article 23, the Citizens United article.
If YOU are a town meeting member, please stand up in support of this article. You don't have to speak long, just say you support it... Or say why!
We don't have the billions to put into the system. We only have our voices, and tonight we can use them!
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