'The risk is that the industry money will constitute a democracy shutdown,' foodandwater warns as VCSAFE urges residents of California's Ventura County to stand up to Big Oil by voting yesonAandB.
earlier this year that"direct democracy, like our representative government, is… vulnerable. We have unequal access to the ballot right now. It's no longer the people's process."reported Tuesday that based on financial reports,"organizers of the oil-supported campaign outraised the environmentalists' VC-SAFE by more than 10 to 1, collecting more than $8 million for the petition drive and campaign.
The gap has narrowed slightly in recent weeks with more than $500,000 coming in from a climate action group in San Francisco and the Patagonia outdoor gear company in Ventura. Rebecchi, VC-SAFE's treasurer, told the paper that"we didn't have the luxury of spending money up front."responded
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