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| Wisconsin Green Party Calls Senate Bill 46 Inadequate to Clean Up Government. |
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Wisconsin Green Party For Immediate Release March 1, 2005 Green Party advocates for adequate public funding and full disclosure for soft money ads Madison, WI Today the Wisconsin Green Party expressed its disappointment in Senate Bill 46, which is the subject of a public hearing this Wednesday.. "The way the bill stands now, the funding is inadequate even for the minimal public financing of campaigns proposed in the bill'", said Pete Karas, Green Alderman from Racine. "The Green Party stands for full public funding of campaigns as necessary to have a government that is by the people and for the people, rather than by and for special and monied interests." "The bill currently does not require that those placing campaign ads reveal their funding sources, and its provision to counter soft-money ads is so inadequately funded as to ensure that it will be ineffective," said Brenda Konkel, Madison City Council President, and Green Party member. "Monied interests will continue to influence Wisconsin campaigns, and thus, Wisconsin government. Greens advocate for full disclosure of funding for elections." The Wisconsin Green Party signed on to Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's Power to the Voter, a 5-point reform agenda, which includes Truth in campaigning and Voter-owned elections. Twenty-nine other organizations representing democracy, and citizen education and participation in elections have signed on as well, including the League of Women Voters. In January, the Wisconsin Green Party issued a statement in support of the People's Legislature, and is working with this non-partisan and inclusive effort to reform Wisconsin's government so that it belongs to the people of Wisconsin, rather than to special interests. See http://wisconsingreenparty.org/blogs/WIGPnews/archives/2005_01.shtml The Wisconsin Green Party is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States, and stands on the four pillars of Social & Economic Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, and Ecological Wisdom. For more information, visit http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org . The Green Party of the United States' website is http://www.gp.org . For more information about The Democracy Campaign's reform agenda, visit: <http://www.wisdc.org/pr022205.html> For more information about The People's Legislature,
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