Derek Cressman for CA Secretary of State

[Iwillnevergiveup]

Below is a link to a recent video of a candidate for office I'm hoping all my California friends will join me in standing behind. Please join me in supporting Derek Cressman for California Secretary of State.

Derek will push to overturn Supreme Court rulings saying that money is free speech and that corporations have constitutional rights. He believes Corporations aren’t people. As a national reform leader at Common Cause, he crafted ballot measures passed by over 3 out of 4 voters in Los Angeles and San Francisco calling for Congress to reverse Citizens United and ban corporate campaign spending. He's been a tough watchdog for California voters and is by far the most qualified of any candidate running for the office.

https://vimeo.com/89577440

[antiquie]

1. He has interesting ideas for CalVote.

Secretary of State Candidate Derek Cressman On CA's Voting Future

Bookmarking video for later...

[Iwillnevergiveup]

2. By all means

check out the video. He's got some other great perspectives, too. What I appreciate about his talk here is that he gives termed out Debra Bowen a lot of credit for what she accomplished.

[pinto]

3. Thanks for the video post.

[Merlot]

4. Is Debra Bowman not running again?

[Iwillnevergiveup]

5. Nope, she's termed out

But she did a lot of good while in office, and we need someone progressive like this guy to pick up where she leaves off.

[antiquie]

6. He won't have much competition from Yee...

California State Senator Leland Yee Arrested on Bribery And Corruption Charges

California state Sen. Leland Yee has been arrested on bribery and corruption charges as part of several arrests made by the FBI Wednesday morning during a sting, sources have told NBC Bay Area.

Posted by Newsjock http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014765569

[SoonerShankle]

7. Yee was Padilla's biggest thorn until yesterday...

now Cressman may have a chance. I know that I'm going to look at Cressman with more depth now that Yee (who authored the online voter registration bill) is out of the race. I'm not a big fan of Padilla's, so Cressman will definitely benefit by at least one voter here.