Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Man says he'd like to reign in special interests that control state politics, that's what he thought prop 89 did, it turns out that 89 was written by special interests, would create new taxes and a slush fund for politicians to use at their discretion SUBJECTS: taxes; special interests FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Woman says she thought raising taxes on tobacco sounded ok until she looked into it, it raises taxes, hospital corporations wrote it to benefit themselves, can award contracts without competitive bidding, tobacco tax bureaucrats under investigation SUBJECTS: taxes; tobacco; bureaucracy FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Woman says she knows her daughter would come to her with important issues like pregnancy, mom would be there for her, voiceover says some girls do not enjoy the relationship with parents that others may have, prop 85 would force girls to inform abusive parent SUBJECTS: youth; values FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Fire fighter says he is married with small son, wants to know that if something happens to him family will be ok, voiceover says when gov tried to cut survivor's benefits, ca's bravest fought back, prop. 75 Would hit fire fighters with political restrictions SUBJECTS: law; freedom POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Alliance for a Better California FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of...

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Voiceover says the idea behind the political tv ads is rich politicians and lobbyists keep pounding lies, distortions and half truths into people, you can stop this by voting yes on prop 89 FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Positive Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Doctor says it's awful being uninsured in ca, prop 86 was written by hospital corporations, they get money by billing taxpayers for emergency care for uninsured, problem is that hospitals often charge uninsured many times more, it's wrong SUBJECTS: health care; insurance; special interests FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH:...

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Woman says they want to increase oil taxes, that will hurt, will fund a new alternative energy bureaucracy with no accountability to tax payers and don't have to produce results SUBJECTS: taxes; oil; energy FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Man says be careful with prop 87, it's a tax on oil that will raise $4 billion, will create new bureaucracy that can spend without accountability or results, we need alternative energy but prop 87 is not the way to do it SUBJECTS: taxes; oil; energy FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: Ad in Spanish. 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Voiceover says the ads for prop 87 are full of promises but what's actually in it? Will create a new energy bureaucracy, 50 new political appointments get to spend money outside of government regulation, not required to produce any results SUBJECTS: taxes; oil; energy FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00

Scope and Contents SUMMARY: Firefighter says there is a lot of confusion on prop 87, ads promise a future with more alternative energy but an initiative that doesn't require results is unlikely to produce any, 87 will reduce revenues for firefighting and education, raise gas prices SUBJECTS: taxes; oil; energy FORMAT: DVD - Optical Media COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns NATION: United States of America NOTES: 2007 Pollie Award entry. LENGTH: 00:30:00