Brown’s supporters regroup
By Meg Dedolph
Emerald Reporter
The Jerry Brown for President Organization
is in the process of becoming the Wo the Peo
ple Foundation, an organization devoted to
grass-roots activism and positive political
change
Lisa Fredsti. spokeswoman for We The Poo
pie. said the foundation's function is to enable
local activist groups front across the country to
communicate with each other She said site
hopes Ihe foundation can serve ns ,i resource
for activism on a local level.
Fredsti also mentioned the foundation's re
cent newsletter, in which there are short re
ports from groups across the country and arti
cles on national issues that may be of interest
to iocai activists — for example, one written
by the Rainforest Action Commission
Fredsti said it was Brown's intention to c ar
ry issues beyond the election like political re
form, individual involvement in the political
system and environmental issues
"These problems aren't going to go away be
cause of the election,” Fredsti said
Individual involvement in the political sys
tem is a major goal of the foundation, Fredsti
said. She said a connection between the politi
cal system and those the system Is supposed to
represent no longer exists
“it's a big money issue," she said
Fredsti said many people who worked on
the Brown campaign had never worked in a
political campaign before, as an example of in
dividual Involvement that the foundation
wants to encourage
"They realized that they can have an impact
on something, and they don't want to stop/'
Fredsti said.
The foundation's goals Include working Tor Vi
national health system, a lair tax system, social
justice, environmental issues and better-paying
jobs.
However, in order to achieve these goals,
Fredsti said a "new and potent political force
with new and creative ideas " had to Is- assent
bled.
Fredsti said many of the activists involved
with the foundation believe "the system is cor
rupt" anil want to make a “disconnection tie
tween money and political power."
"In California, people were drawn because
of Brown's environmental record," she said,
but it's also people who want to sec positive
change."
Fredsti hopes the foundation will eventually
consist of local organizations running elections
and pulling their own candidates in office, as
well as a national network of political activ
ists.
"I hope to see We The People organizations
running elections, or blocking hazardous in
cinerators, and having people want to run for
office," Fredsti said.
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JOHN
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said. "Those people received a fulse impres
sion and they believed it, and they sent her
money. She knew it and she didn’t correct
it.”
But William Honsowetz, John's attorney,
said in his closing arguments Jolin couldn't
have deceived people into contributing
money to her campaign because those peo
ple were "bogging" to give money to her
When she returned the contributors' money,
some of them still wanted her to have it
"Mr. Chat hold, this is like if you rob a
bank and then give it back," he said "It
doesn't mean you didn’t rob the hunk. But
have you ever had a case where a robber
robs a bank and gives it hark and then the
bank gives it bock?"
The truck John said needed fixing actual
ply belonged to her husband, who had dam
aged it almost nine months prior
"Why didn't she just toll them, 'Hey. our
truck was damaged II was my personal
truck, and it was damaged. Help me out,’ "
Chatfield said.
Honsowetz said Jolin wasn't deceiving the
people she sent letters to because they knew
what their money was paying for
"If 1 knock on Widow Jones' door and say,
'if you give me $5,000, I’m going lo put alu
minium siding on your house,' and then
boogey on down the street. I've defrauded
her," he said "There has been no < rime
here because they got what they paid tor
There's been no crime and
no victims, except my
client whose the target of
this political witchhunt
William Honsowetz,
Peg John's lawyer
Jolin testified during the trial that the im
SiiCdiSti' {’tjmpalgn fj(>hl nu*nt in th«!
letter included anticipated expenses for u
computer and apartment rental lor the 1901
legislative session.
"Is that campaign debt?" Chatfield asked
"The defendant's own definition of debt
was something owed ' hither you have it
or you don't. It doesn't say. We anticipate a
debt
Both Chatfield and Honsowetz. said they
believed the case was a commentary on
what is wrong with state government
Chatfield said Jolin makes $73 a day
while the Oregon Legislature is in session,
and even if she must rent an apartment, that
cost doesn’t constitute campaign debt
It's disgusting. " he said " They go up (to
Salem) and moan and groan. 'We don't get
enough money ' That's a choice they made
It s a dot ision she made "
Jolin said during the trial that she wanted
to build up a campaign war chest because
she was concerned about a challenge from
state Hop Larry Campbell, a Republic an leg
islalot who lives in her district
"It's not my fault the system is awful,"
Honsowetz said You have to keep money
in your political kitty to ward off oppo
nents "
Honsowetz said he believed the case was
a waste of time and money
"You the jury are the conscience of the
community," he said "You have the i hum e
to send a message to get hack to real (rimes
instead of this political witchhunt
No one takes < empaign letters seriously,
Honsowetz said The letter may have been
poorly worded; however, the Issue is riot for
the jury, hut for the voters to de< ide, he
added
I’olHlciitns can use campaign contribu
tions for anything they want as long as they
toll contributors what the money is for,
Honsowetz said For example, polilii inns
can pay for trips, vs uh campaign coiitiiiiu
lions if constituents agree to pay for them
"1 think it‘s pretty obvious these form let
ters have nothing to do with the proc ess,
he said "To think these lobbyists were
dUpod by a form letter is laughable "
Honsowetz said he believed those who
decided to contribute to John s campaign
did so because they liked her political
views, not bei ause of the letter
"There's been no crime and no victims,
except my client whose the target of this po
litical witchhunt,” lie said
Hui (.hatfield said those people who read
John's letter and contributed money to her
campaign wouldn't have if they- hadn’t lx
lioved she was iri debt
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