1. I expected more of a bump than that, considering Arno called in patrial sheets last turn in. It will be ineresting to see if vendors are asked to wait on final pay while he “reconciles”. He forced every vendor to trust him to pay them fairly and timely on tobacco, and electricity and everyone in the industry knows how that worked out. He claims to have more work mid August. On the last two campaigns he also claimed to have more work coming. The work never came, and people were left unpaid. I hope he breaks the cycle of financial abuse against his vendors and circulators on this campaign. Time will tell.

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   Rick,

   May I suggest legal action as an option. Maybe you can get a class action lawsuit going to help these petition gatherers who have been taken advantage of by this nefarious Arno. Because I don’t see how your bellyaching on this site is going to help anyone.

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4. Americans Elect got in under the wire, collecting signatures before the latest assault on democracy was instigated to halt the people’s right to collect signatures for ballot measures.

   http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/07/the-president-of-the-states.html

   A good read about the blatant effort to fool and scare the public away from signing petitions.

   Ad this campaign to the 2 or 3 legislative bills being passed in California and you have a full assault on the petition process.
   Trying to make “paid” signature gatherers, seem as dangerous as drug dealers or child molesters.

5. Two follow-up articles about “Californians Against Identity Theft”

   First one mentions Michael Arno.

   http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/30/3804918/california-labor-unions-fight.html

   Second one

   http://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Scary-Ads-for-Campaign-to-Change-Initiative-Process-126444658.html

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