From our friends at the Courage Campaign, an
important fight in California to stop Republican legislators from creating tax loopholes for yacht owners. Yeah, no kidding.
Watch the video and read more after the flip.
Wow. We've got some wonderful news for you.
On Thursday, we asked you to help us raise $10,000 by noon today to get our 30-second "Yacht Party" TV ad on the air in Sacramento, taking the budget fight to head-in-the-sand Republicans in Sacramento. With California facing a massive $16 billion deficit and teachers being laid off by the thousands, Republicans are supporting a shocking tax loophole for, get this: yacht purchases.
Californians have had enough. That's why our TV ad compelled 335 donors to raise $11,023 combined on ActBlue and our web site, surpassing our first goal. Now, because of your generosity, we just bought time on Sacramento cable to air "Yacht Party" this Wednesday on CNN, MSNBC, the Daily Show and Colbert Report -- an action that has attracted media attention across California.
The good news gets even better:
Your people-powered response to our re-framing of the Republicans has inspired our good friends -- United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez -- to get on board.
But there's a catch. It's a match. If the Courage Campaign community can raise $5,000 more in the next 48 hours, Speaker Nunez and SEIU-UHW will each donate $5,000 as well, tripling the power of your donation.
http://www.actblue.com/page/YachtPartyMatch
What will it mean for our community to meet this $5,000 match by SEIU-UHW and Speaker Nunez? It means extending our ad buy in Sacramento to Thursday AND expanding it to air the ad in specific districts where California Republican "Yacht Party"Assembly members are most vulnerable.
It also means moving one step closer to making 2008 a new era for progressive politics in California. It's so exciting to see progressives working together in common cause, from the netroots and the Courage Campaign to our friends in organized labor and the Assembly.
If you can help us make this $5,000 match, we can make history. Together.
http://www.actblue.com/page/YachtPartyMatch
We can't afford to close this disastrous deficit with devastating cuts. Common sense dictates that California bring in new revenue by ending these unbelievable tax loopholes for the rich. The sooner you take action either by contributing or forwarding this message to your friends, the sooner we can pressure the Republicans to stop destroying our social safety net.
Together, we helped kill the GOP's electoral college "dirty trick," count the "double bubble" votes in Los Angeles County, and block Blackwater's base on the California border. And now, SEIU-UHW and Speaker Nunez are joining you to re-frame the Republicans and end this appalling yacht tax loophole for the super-wealthy.
With 30 seconds of your time and a few dollars, we can change the conversation inside Sacramento, help fix our gaping $16 billion state budget deficit, and rebuild the California dream.
Please watch "Yacht Party" and help us make the $5,000 match before Thursday:
http://www.actblue.com/page/YachtPartyMatch
And yes, thank you again for making this amazing news possible.
Rick Jacobs
Chair
