Dear Friend,
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court's unfortunate Citizens United ruling, Bill has been fighting against the rising tide of undisclosed and unlimited corporate spending in our elections.
Yesterday, Politico reported on the widespread concerns from progressives on the extreme actions and values of Texas Governor Rick Perry's campaign for President. As a leader in the fight against secret corporate funding in political campaigns, Bill was asked to weigh in:
Backers of another longstanding liberal cause, campaign finance reform, see a similar threat from Perry, given his career tapping the bottomless Texas wells of oil money and his current status as beneficiary of not one but several new Super PACs.
"It looks like Rick Perry's campaign and its supporters are taking secret corporate spending to a new level," said New York City Public Advocate Bill De Blasio, who has campaigned against corporate involvement in politics. "His actions personify the corporate-sponsored campaigns that many of us feared Citizens United would create."
Read the whole story on Politico.com< http://www.
Earlier this month, Bill also called out Mitt Romney for saying that"corporations are people."< http://empire.wnyc.
As the 2012 elections heat up, Bill will continue to fight for more accountability and transparency from groups and companies that seek to undermine our democracy with secret spending.
Thank you,New Yorkers for De Blasio