Headlines beckon…

Governor has worries on initiative reform

California constitutional convention push fizzles

Initiative process has gone off course

Concerned about how:

· Our public policies are created?

· The initiative process is used?

· The call for a Constitutional Convention?

· Regular folk don’t seem to have a large enough voice in the above?

Then perhaps you should attend the Book Depot’s presentation of the book:

Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary, The Story of Edwin and Joyce Koupal, Founders of People’s Lobby. By Dwayne Hunn and Doris Ober.

Ralph Nader’s take on the book was…

The Year's (2009) Ten Best Books

Read, Then Act

By RALPH NADER

This husband-wife team “just ordinary people,” in their words, started out powerless and in over a decade, largely in the seventies, built Initiative power to qualify reforms on the California ballot for the popular vote. A story for the ages that strips away excuses steeped in a sense of powerlessness. This small but invigorating paperback…

Co-author Dwayne Hunn will:

· Talk about the book.

· Tell fun stories about working with Ed and Joyce Koupal and how their People’s Lobby (PLI) revived the grassroots initiative process, including how they pulled Nader through PLI’s doors.

· Discuss reforms being called for on the initiative process.

· Explain how People’s Lobby’s (PLI) launched the drive to establish a national initiative process and held three days of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on Senate Joint Resolution 67 to do so.

· Dissect the failed National Initiative for Democracy Campaign of 2002.

· Reveal how 2008 presidential candidate and former U. S. Senator Mike Gravel milked PLI of over $450,000 dollars.

· Show some Power Point slides that touch on the above

· Answer your questions about PLI’s present day activities.

Why might this book be of interest to you or your friends? Because:

· People’s Lobby was the grassroots initiative factory that

o Used NON-PAID volunteers to qualify two Clean Environment Initiatives.

o Prepared California and its Assembly to usher in an era of environmentalism by failing to pass two Clean Environment Initiatives into law.

o Established the Fair Political Practices Commission by passing California’s Political Reform Act with 70% of the vote.

o Beat big corporate and pr money in doing so.

o Directed the 18 state Western Bloc Nuclear Moratorium Campaign.

o Held three days of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on implementing a National Initiative Process (leading to Senate Joint Res. 67 of 1977).

o Funded and field-directed the Maine 2002 National Initiative for Democracy Campaign kickoff.

o Sponsors today’s American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Proposals and Fair Tax Bracket Reinstitution Act Proposal (FTBRA)

So, consider coming out to gain insights into what Ralph Nader calls,

“This small but invigorating paperback….”

“A story for the ages that strips away excuses steeped in a sense of powerlessness. “

Learn how the Koupals’ People’s Lobby:

Used to lecture (and tick-off) not only Nader but also Jerry Brown and other political luminaries (Reagan, Roberti, Lowenstein…) and institutional powers such as PG&E, Southern California Edison, nuclear, oil, auto…

And is working today to implement its citizen-initiated:

American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Proposals and

Fair Tax Bracket Reinstitution Act Proposal (FTBRA) to revitalize America’s character, economy, and standing in the world.