You might consider looking at:

http://www.appcpenn.org/issueads/gindex.htm

They provide information about who really is behind the
sponsor of issue ad's


At 12:17 PM 10/9/02 -0400, Worldwide Business Systems wrote:
>I also can not find information on this group.
>My guess would be that it is a group of democrats tied to grey davis.
>I say this beacause of the myth that the CA power crisis was created by
>Texans (led by the Bush family and thier friends).
>The power crisis in CA was created by CA liberals who started to shut
>down power plants and refuse to build new ones because they don't like
>having power plants.
>As CA grew and created a demand for more energy, the state of CA reduced
>the amount of energy they were producing.
>
>
>Jim Mc Coy
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Russ Smith <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:44:40 -0700
>Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Finding the money behind a PAC
>
> > Completely off topic question, but since I respect the minds behind the
> > =
> > voices of this list.....
> >
> > I received a mailing (which I think was sent to all residents in my =
> > area) bad mouthing our local municipal utility district for spending =
> > ratepayers' money investigating the possibility of getting into the =
> > power industry.  The reasons they are considering it are pretty simple:
> > =
> > (a) it's profitable, (b) "California Power Crises" [um, yeah] made it =
> > obvious that having this controlled in Texas isn't a good idea, and (c)
> > =
> > it's profitable.
> >
> > So, the mailing was fairly damning, but that's not the point.  The name
> > =
> > of the organization sending the mailing was the very benign sounding =
> > "East Bay Consumers, Labor & Businesses (A Community Coalition)".  And
> > =
> > my question is: how do I go about finding out who these people are and
> > =
> > where their money is coming from?  I'm a bit of a cynic and I'm fairly
> > =
> > certain they're funded by PG&E, but how do I find out?
> >
> > By the way, the name is so generic that any webpage google can find on
> > =
> > them is not what I'm looking for.  Next suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rs~
> > =20
> > Russ Smith
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