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December 2005
Dear Editor,
I would like to second Mark Sturbois’ support for Voter Owned Elections as outlined in his 11/06/05 letter to the editor. This system of publicly financed campaigns only gives money to candidates who demonstrate grassroots support by collecting over one-thousand $5 contributions. As someone who does not have a lot of extra money to give, I feel I can make a meaningful contributions to a candidate I support. The opposition to Voter Owned elections is made up of regular, large donors who want to repeal the system before we get a chance to see how it works. When City Council passed Voter Owned Elections they committed to refer it to the ballot in three election cycles so, we will get a chance to vote on it. Right now, the opposition is circulating petitions to repeal this system. Please don’t support the effort to repeal.
Adrienne Aiona