5th district supervisor campaign - Letter from E. Carpenter and P. Selwyn

We’ve been through a lot of campaigns, and this is easily the ugliest Sonoma County has ever seen.[/FONT]

5th District voters are being carpet-bombed with negative, deceptive ads on their phones, their computers and in their mailboxes. People are fed up with it.

It’s up to you – are you going to tolerate this mudslinging?

Every day, a tiny group of rich men and special interest groups spend more and more money to smear the reputation of a committed, 20-year public servant who has spent her career fighting for us and against many of these special interests. This small group is deceiving voters about Noreen Evans’ outstanding record in an attempt to elect their favored candidate.

Contrary to the deceptive image they’re trying to create, Noreen has spent her entire career fighting for ordinary people:

• Noreen fought against big banks to stop home foreclosures.
• As Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and later as Chair of the Senate Banking and Finance Committee, Noreen fought back against payday lenders’ attempts to expand predatory lending.
• Noreen wrote legislation to label GMO foods (and is one of the biggest individual donors to our local GMO-ban campaign, Measure M).
• She co-authored SB 670 which banned suction mining on the Russian River.
• Noreen wrote legislation that enabled the Open Space District to preserve Jenner Headlands.
• Noreen stopped offshore oil-drilling proposals during the budget crisis.
• Noreen co-authored AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gases.
• Noreen fought the tough battles in the State Capitol to stabilize California’s budget during the Great Recession without closing our parks and without de-funding our schools.

Noreen has always been there for us, fighting the tough battles on our behalf. And she will continue fighting for us on the Board of Supervisors.
But reading the propaganda coming from Big Money, voters would think she did the exact opposite.

The differences between Noreen and her opponent are very real. See for yourself--you can see all Noreen’s donations from this campaign on her website here. By comparison, you can see her opponent’s donations here.

As you can see, none of the donations listed in the special interest mailer from earlier this week are from this election – none.

Why are they lying to you about Noreen’s contributions and Noreen’s record? They are hoping you--and other voters--will be deceived and will vote against Noreen.

It’s up to you in these closing days. Let Big Money use dirty tricks to elect their favored candidate... or join us to share with other voters what’s really at stake in this election. You can wave signs, walk precincts, call voters, and help get out the vote on Election Day.

Noreen and her supporters are running the strongest grassroots campaign Sonoma County has ever seen. Noreen and hundreds of volunteers have already contacted over 20,000 voters by phone and knocking on doors. Noreen has over 1,000 individual donors. We are working hard to tell voters they can vote for someone who cares about their daily lives. And we’re having fun doing it!

Please take this opportunity to join the winning campaign. Together we’ll show what the people of the 5th District can accomplish!
Sincerely, Padi Selwyn & Ernie Carpenter