By George Kreamer
The following material about Measure G will be presented to the Saratoga City Council on Feb. 21. Since you have printed some of the misstatements regarding this campaign, I request that you print the facts as well.
As treasurer of the No on G Committee, I have been appalled by the misstatements regarding a recent telephone campaign within this city. Let us set the record straight.
* The No on G Committee commissioned a telephone campaign.
* The No on G Committee has committed to pay for all--please note all--costs associated with this telephone campaign.
* The No on G Committee designed and conducted the telephone survey to identify undecided voters, thereby enabling Saratoga volunteers to deliver informational packages to them.
* The No on G Committee will spend approximately the same on this survey as it would for a citywide mailing.
* The No on G Committee has received almost all of its contributions from Saratoga residents and organizations. These, of course, have been legally reported.
* The No on G Committee and a group of volunteers also did a telephone survey. This volunteer committee--fellow Saratogans--are committed to encouraging their friends and neighbors to study the facts about this ill-conceived initiative and make an informed decision at the polls.
* Since the No on G Committee has paid for this phone campaign, it is our prerogative to ask the questions to which we want answers. There is no reason not to do that.
The No on G Committee is made up of Saratogans like you who care passionately about the future of our community. People who believe in No on G are grassroots individuals, the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce board, business professionals, parents, seniors including the Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council (board), and community groups such as the League of Women Voters (Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno board) and the Saratoga Good Government Group board. Finally, the No on G group has been willing to put their names in front of the citizens in mailings and ads.
George Kreamer is treasurer of the No on G
Committee.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, February 28, 1996.
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