As always, CTA's priority
during the election season is to support candidates and initiatives that
are pro-public education. California's next election is 12 weeks away,
and CTA has three main goals:
- Electing Jerry Brown for governor
- Electing Tom Torlakson for superintendent of public instruction
- Passing Proposition 24, the CTA-sponsored Tax Fairness Act to repeal corporate tax loopholes.
Spotlight
CTA's Tax Fairness Act, also know as Proposition 24,
will repeal the tax breaks that were handed out to big business and oil
companies at the same time $17 billion was being cut from California's
public schools and colleges. The loopholes allow a small number of big
corporations to use tax credits they didn't earn to reduce their taxes,
shift current losses to past tax years to get additional tax refunds,
and choose the way they calculate their taxes in order to reduce what
they pay. Proposition 24 repeals these unfair tax loopholes. Be sure to
read up on this initiative. The following information is available in
the Election 2010 Resource Section:
- Proposition 24: Where We Stand (English and Spanish)
- Proposition 24: Fact Sheet (English and Spanish)
- Proposition 24: Frequently Asked Questions (English and Spanish)
Resources
We will have lots more information
for you as we gear up for the campaign ahead, but you can already find
plenty of materials on our website.
There you can find information on candidates, ballot initiatives CTA
supports, and news stories on the campaign. To give you a jump on
things, take a look at CTA's Voter Guide and our General Election Talking Points (Spanish).
You Can Help
It begins with staying informed and up-to-date, and then turning knowledge into action. Visit the Election 2010 section at www.cta.org to get the latest information. You can also text CTAVOTES to 69866 or e-mail us at 2010campaign@cta.org
(be sure to include your name and ZIP code) and we'll send you updates.
Once you've signed up, you are ready to share this information with
family, neighbors, colleagues, friends, Facebook friends, Twitter
followers, and even people in line at the grocery store.
This week's challenge: Talk to 5 people about why this election is so important to public education and to you.