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5/18/98 <br /> <br /> ORIGINAL <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 13345 <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 226 <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Proposition 226 is an initiative on the June 2, 1998 Ballot; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Proposition 226 would required that employee organizations <br /> <br />could not use any money for candidate contributions on ballot initiatives, whether <br />collected as dues or through a voluntary political checkoff, unless it has been <br />authorized annually by the member on a State approved form; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Proposition 226 is unnecessary because members of <br />employee organizations already have the right to redirect money rather than <br />make political contributions from their dues; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Proposition 226 is unnecessary because foreign contributions <br />to candidate campaigns are already banned; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Proposition 226 in NOT real campaign reform, because it <br />does nothing to get at the real problems with campaign finance; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the unfunded paperwork nightmare created for the City of <br />Redwood City will be horrendous, forcing the City to keep detailed records on <br />who and how an employee chooses to make political contributions, and to redo <br />these forms yearly and file them with various state agencies; and <br /> <br /> <br />