Reply #29: This is one more reason BIG MONEY screws up our system

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Arnold was installed by it, and now props like this that make sense and really are conservative get trashed by big money. They often do it at the end in a surprise when a counter offensive can't be made also. Using scare tactics and other types of trash politics. I think there is still a good chance it could win which would be a blow for them and victory for us common folks.

Nicholas Finances Bi-Partisan Effort to Prevent the Release of Dangerous
Felons Across California

Liberals, Moderates, and Conservatives Unite in Effort to Stop Prop. 66,
Including Governor Schwarzenegger, Former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, and
Popular Rock Bands Orgy and Korn.

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III,
Co-Founder and retired Co-Chairman, CEO and President of Broadcom Corporation
(Nasdaq: BRCM), has doubled to $3 million his commitment to defeat Proposition
66. This proposition, which former Governor Pete Wilson calls the most
significant threat to public safety California has faced in decades,
significantly dilutes the state's "Three Strikes" law, stripping it of most of
its value in deterring future crimes. However, the most dangerous aspect of
Proposition 66 is that by significantly watered down the standards for what
qualifies as a "strike," and then applying that standard retroactively, Prop.
66 triggers the release of thousands of dangerous felons across the state. The
California District Attorneys Association estimates that 26,000 dangerous
criminals, more than half of the total number kept off of the streets by
"Three Strikes," will be released into our communities by the passage of
Proposition 66.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/11-02-2004/0002350648&EDATE=


CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS
Prop. 66 in Tough Fight
* Schwarzenegger steps up campaign against proposed changes to the three-strikes law. Backers plan new ad to counter his influence.

By Robert Salladay and Megan Garvey, Times Staff Writers

REDDING — The fight over proposed changes to the state's tough three-strikes sentencing law remained furious going into the final day of the campaign — with both sides launching last-minute ads today.

Proposition 66 would amend the law to allow a life sentence only if a person is convicted of a third felony that is violent or serious. It would remove eight crimes from the violent or serious category and would toughen sentences for some crimes against children.

In the final days of the campaign, it has emerged as the toughest fight on the state's lengthy ballot. The proposition had been well ahead in polls until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, backed by Henry T. Nicholas III, one of the state's richest men, began an intense effort one week ago to defeat it.

A Field Poll released Saturday indicated that the campaign has had a major impact. The poll was taken over seven days, ending on the day Schwarzenegger's ads began airing. Likely voters interviewed in the first four days favored the proposition 58% to 34%. Those interviewed over the following three days, which included the Wednesday launch of the ads, were split, 48% to 47%. The samples had a margin of error of plus or minus 4%
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-campaign1nov01,1,1191447.story?coll=la-news-politics-california