PAC Rebates

Rebate Available for Political Action Committee Contributions

A PAC contribution of $5 (full-time) has been added to your Bay Lakes United Educators dues for 2011-2012. The BLUE Board of Directors utilizes these funds to make contributions to: 1) The political campaigns of candidates for local or state office who have been recommended by our members for election because they are friends of education, and 2) committees that advocate for passage of school referenda. Any member wishing a rebate of the contribution must request such in writing by October 31, 2011.

Each request must be a separate letter including your name, address and local association name. All requests must be postmarked by October 31, 2011. A request is valid only for the year of that request. Rebates are normally issued by February or March.

For a refund of your Bay Lakes United Educators PAC contribution, write to: BLUEPAC, 1136 North Military Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54303. Telephone requests, multiple requests in the same letter, letters postmarked after October 31, email requests, and letters missing any of the required information (name, address and local association) will not be honored. They will be discarded. Fair share non-members do not need to request a refund. An automatic refund will be issued to all fair share fee-payers as soon as that person’s fair share status has
been certified.

At the state WEAC level, there is $10 for PAC that can be requested back. Write to: WEAC President, P.O. Box 8003, Madison, WI 53708-8003

Needless to say, I don't believe in giving money to politicians on either side of the political spectrum.

I'm a firm believer in Campaign reform. I don't want one penny of my money funding those political mud flinging ads. Think publicly funded campaigning. This guy has the right idea:

GREEN BAY — What we need in this country is an overhaul of the election process. We need to get back to the issues and get money out of the election process.

First, I propose to make it illegal for business and corporations to donate to a candidate. Why? Because people working hard to make their money may not be for the candidate they are donating to. So in a sense they are forcing their employees to donate for a candidate they don’t want.

Second, a business can only donate to a general election fund that is divided equally between all candidates.

Third, private individuals can only donate $1,000 per election to a candidate. That will eliminate millionaires from buying their candidate. It will make for more equal terms.

Fourth, all candidates will be limited to the same amount of money to spend in their election. Money will be given to each candidate out of the general election fund to bring all on equal terms. We don’t need big money buying elections and candidates. This will make the candidates talk about the issues, and not flood the airways with garbage ads that do nothing but drive the rest of us nuts.

Stephen Francies