Secretary of the State Candidate Gerry Garcia Speaks on Finance Laws

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Secretary of the State Candidate Gerry Garcia
Speaks on Campaign Finance Laws


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J. Michael Cobb
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gerry Garcia New Haven, CT--New Haven candidate for Secretary of the State Gerry Garcia called on Attorney General candidate and current Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz to reconsider her decision to withdraw from the public financing system.

 

"The citizen's election program levels the playing field for all candidates, but it's only strong if we stick with it.  The Secretary of the State has a clear and distinguished record supporting public financing.  I hope she reverses her reversal."

 

Garcia is the only candidate for any constitutional office who has filed the necessary paperwork to participate in Connecticut's public financing laws.

 

"Today I am asking all candidates for statewide office to demonstrate their commitment to a level playing field by following our example and participating in Connecticut's public financing rules.  It's important not only when it's convenient. It's important because it is the right thing to do.  We must never return to the days when those with the deepest wallets or the best special interest friends shut others out of the system.  Not participating in the public financing system puts the candidate above the interests of the voters.

 

"I intend to prove by example that the campaign finance system not only can work but that we need it work. I stand by my commitment to this office, to the public financing system and to seeing this race through until the last vote is counted in November.

 

"This is about restoring integrity and having a clean elections system.  There are some who have been exploring since early 2009 who have not declared their candidacy, others who pledged to participate in campaign finance resist making it official, and still others who have stated an intention to run can't quite commit.  

 

"Those who disparage the system or back-peddle from it risk creating a domino effect where those who can afford to self-finance will opt out of a system designed to treat all participants fairly. The public deserves better. 

 

"I decided long ago that I wanted to be Secretary of the State because of my strong belief that there is a need to bring people of integrity into the system, to the modernization of this office, and to open up the process to those who have been disenfranchised.  We are in this race to fight for the long haul for what is best for the office and the voters, and we are not going to back down out of political or financial expediency."

Paid for by Friends of Gerry Garcia, Ronald Petronella, Treasurer. Approved by Gerald Garcia PO Box 8464 New Haven, CT 06530

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