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5/2/10--The following press release was sent to VIB from YES ON A
 Yes on Measure A Proponents
Rely on People-Power to Get the
Message Out
Vallejo, California – What do 30 volunteers, five gallons of paint, dozens of squares of plywood, and hundreds of sheets of poster board get? Yes on Measure A.
With no outside or special interest funding, Vallejo citizens and taxpayers have gone grassroots to paint and silkscreen signs encouraging their fellow citizens to vote yes on Measure A. The signs will sprout up all over Vallejo this weekend.
Jim Libien, Citizens for Vallejo Co-Chair, said, “It would have been a lot easier to throw money at a professional print shop to create our signs like our opponents in the police and firefighter unions did. But we don’t have that luxury. Our signs aren’t perfect, we didn’t always paint within the lines, but they get the critical message across – Vallejo citizens and taxpayers support Yes on A.”
“I want to be a part of the solution to save Vallejo from fiscal inertia. To do that, Measure A has got to be approved by the voters. Even though I don't have a lot of money, I do have some time, so I volunteered to paint signs for two Weekends,” explained Glen Cove resident Karol Heppe.
As Paul Norberg of Hiddenbrooke described, “Just look at the campaign signs of the two sides of Measure A. The Yes on A signs are homegrown. They were created by hand by Vallejo citizens. Our opposition’s signs are slick and expensive because they can afford it as they have big union dollars backing them.”
“Yes on A will level the playing field and put taxpayers back in the driver’s seat, not big special interest money. It’s all about re-establishing local control,” said Denise Martin, a South Vallejo resident.
For more information on Yes on A, visit www.citizensforvallejo.org.
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