PROGRAM # 238 FROM THE FULL DISCLOSURE ARCHIVES

GUESTS: Craig Holman, Center for Governmental Studies
Senator Dick Mountjoy, (R.-Monrovia)
Daniel Lowenstein, UCLA Professor of Law

Date videotaped: June 19, 1998

Los Angeles, CA. According to Craig Holman, of the Center for Governmental Studies and retired California Senator Dick Mountjoy (R.-Monrovia) “for profit” slate card campaign mailers are deceiving voters with phony endorsements that have been bought and paid for by the very people purportedly endorsed.

In this part one of a two part debate on the Full Disclosure cable and internet TV program, Holman and Mountjoy take on UCLA Professor of Law Daniel Lowenstein who defended the mailers and filed a lawsuit to overturn Prop 208 (1996) including the disclosure requirements. Weighing in against the mailers Senator Dick Mountjoy cited how the questionable slate card mailers damaged his 1998 campaign.

Go to Part 2 PHONY SAMPLE BALLOTS & PAID ENDORSEMENTS CONFUSE VOTERS