http://www.truecourageaction.net Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TCAN, as a member of Clean Elections Texas, a collaborative effort of several statewide and national organizations, is launching an effort to bring the issue of Publicly Financed Elections before the Texas State Democratic Party Convention by initiating the presentation of Clean Election resolutions at the precinct convention level statewide ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2008/01/22/clean-elections-resolutions-to-be-presented-at-conventions/ USA Today's editorial touts clean elections citing pretty much the same reasons we do. The key point from their editorial: Clean election systems cost from $2 to $6 per year for each voting-age resident, a bargain for trimming costly special-interest influence. In North Carolina, for example, the clean-election option has ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/12/10/5-reasons-for-public-financing/ Join with other Texans interested in Clean Elections. Meet-up groups help people get involved and plan local activities to meet the goal of publicly financed campaigns. If you want to change the way democracy is controlled by "Big Money" private interests and special interests, then sign up for one ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/12/04/meetups/ Brennan Center for Justice Press release 11/13/07 NEW YORK - Citing new evidence that Indiana's voter identification law is disenfranchising thousands of Indiana voters, lawyers at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and a coalition of voting rights organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging the U.S. ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/11/14/indiana-voter-id/ We love this new web-doc we found on Quantum Shift TV, and we think you will too. In just under nine minutes, renowned author Frances Moore Lappé examines campaign finance reform through the eyes of Deborah Simpson, a smart, civic-minded former waitress and single mother who ran for a seat ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/11/01/getting-a-grip-on-money-and-politics/ The State Comptroller's office now has more detailed information available on its website about where, how, and for what purposes the Texas government spends its resources. You can check out which services and programs get the biggest share of Texans' investment in the common good here. And if you really want ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/10/16/where-the-money-goes/ Imagine a Texas that surprises the nation by becoming a leader in electoral reform. Where activists (who have witnessed first-hand what happens when special interests control state government) have stepped up and created opportunities for average Texans to run for office and WIN. Where enthusiasts have restored democracy by talking ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/10/10/your-circle-of-friends-are-just-who-we-need/ The 'pay to play' game where you and your dollars decide which Presidential candidates stay on the island, um, errr, ballot, and who gets kicked off! Here's how it works. Cultivate the feeling of a powerful mega-donor by deciding which presidential candidates you would like to 'take out' of the ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/09/21/ballot-island/ Our good friends at Public Campaign, the national umbrella group that promotes public financing of campaigns in every state, have made this excellent video available through YouTube. Now you can watch it right here. Narrated by Bill Moyers and featuring testimonials from both Republicans and Democrats who've run under the ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/09/18/moyers-on-clean-elections-watch-this/ By now you're getting used to our diatribes about the influence of Big Money in Texas politics. Well, thanks to our friends at Texans for Public Justice, here's a perfect example of what we were up against during the past legislative session -- and what all advocates for good government ... http://www.truecourageaction.net/2007/08/14/see-what-we-mean/