The campaign to reform the redistricting process got a fund-raising boost Thursday night when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Sylvester Stallone appeared together at a Proposition 11 event in La Jolla.
The money is needed to counteract the misleading ads by opponents of redistricting reform. We point out in this editorial in The Bee the offensive ads and the need for Proposition 11 to pass on Tuesday.
Proposition 11 would take the power to draw legislative district lines from legislators and give it to an independent commission. That would return fairness to legislative elections and make senators and Assembly members more accountable to voters.
But the politicians and the special interests who fund them don't want to lose that power. They can't win this debate on its merits so they are again using deceptive tactics to sink Proposition 11. Don't believe the opponents. This measure would make your votes county again in legislative elections.
Thursday's Proposition 11 fund-raiser was a pricey event. It cost $25,000 for two seats at the head table, 10 dinner tickets and two photos each for two people with Schwarzenegger and Stallone, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Here's more from our sister paper: "Co-chairs pay $10,000 get the same, minus the two seats at the head table. A vice-chair ($5,000) gets four dinner tickets, and one photo with two people and Schwarzenegger and Stallone. A just plain old ticket costs $1,000."
I have no comment. But what did they give you to eat for the price of one year's worth of groceries?