Comments on: Brown vetoes bill to ban per-signature pay

By: John W.

John W. — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:05:47 +0000

Re: #3

Kudos to Ellen Corbett (Democrat) for trying. Maybe we could have a ballot initiative for a special surtax to cover the unfunded pension and retiree health care obligations. I’m sure it would attract broad support from the electorate, so long as only millionaires have to pay it.

By: Rick K.

Rick K. — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:41:55 +0000

I wonder how much Jerry Brown and his public employee union allies are paying people to collect signatures for the tax increase measure that they are trying to put on the November 2012 ballot? Then Gov. Brown was looking out for his own self interest when he vetoed this bill! Let’s all be honest about this — the tax increases are necessary to ensure that “public safety” continues to enjoy its overgenerous “3% at 50″ pension scheme that allows many state public safety workers to retire at age 50 and receive a guaranteed $100,000+ per year for life. California public safety workers have little incentive to play “Mega Millions” — they’ve already hit the jackpot! Why should I pay higher sales and income taxes so that some retired government workers enjoy a long, long retirements in luxury? Come on, they’re the ones that are paying the signature gatherers, not Gov. Brown (who is just their puppet/figurehead). Unless there’s meaningful pension reform in Sacramento immediately, citizens have a duty to refuse to sign the tax increase ballot measure petition.

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:08:25 +0000

Crystal, It is legal to hire people to gather signatures on ballot initiative petitions. It is how it is done in California given the large numbers of voters that proponents must obtain to qualify to put a measure on the ballot. Lisa v.

By: crystal

crystal — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:44:28 +0000

Is it illegal to pay people for their signature to get another person’s name on a ballot to run for office? Thanks