Earlier this week I was alerted to the fact that the CTA was promoting a “community call-in day” to pressure lawmakers to not cut education spending. The CTA provided a toll-free number for their members to call legislators and tell them to raise taxes to fix the budget crisis. So we at CRI decided to help out the CTA with their plan to disperse the toll-free number far and wide. After we sent out our email last night to our supporters, the Sac Bee picked up the story… (h/t to Steve Frank)
Conservative jiu-jitsu
The Capitol Resource Institute, which lobbies Sacramento on conservative social policies, has blasted an e-mail to its statewide network of supporters urging them to call their local legislator — on their opponent’s dime.
"Use Teacher Union’s Money to Call Legislators!" blared the subject line of the e-mail.
Today is a "community call-in" day for members of the California Teachers Association.
Here’s the CRI’s not-so-secret plan:
The CTA is instructing its members to use a CTA-sponsored toll-free number to call lawmakers and urge them to raise taxes on Californians in order to "solve" the budget crisis. 888-268-4334
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Well, CRI encourages you to do the same-use the CTA’s toll-free number (and their money) to contact your legislators and urge them to NOT raise taxes on California families. 888-268-4334
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When you use the CTA number, you will be greeted by a propaganda message regarding budget cuts. Simply stay on the line until you are prompted to enter your ZIP code. You will then be directed to your local senator or assembly member.
The Capitol Resource Institute then provides some anti-tax talking points. And no CRI e-mail would be complete without a reference to "homosexual indoctrination," "communism" and "spanking."
Remember that the CTA is the union that actively supports SB 1322, the bill that will allow Communists to teach in our schools, and AB 2943, the ban on spanking. The CTA also opposes legislation that will protect innocent school children from homosexual indoctrination.
Posted by Shane Goldmacher on June 13, 2008 10:48 AM
According to capitol staff we talked with today, our plan is working and they’re receiving lots of calls opposing tax increases. If you haven’t already done so, I recommend calling your representatives on the CTA’s dime…