The Answer is Clear
VOTE TODAY
MIKE SCHMIER
for
Attorney General - California

MIKE SCHMIER, a certified Democratic attorney general candidate for this Tuesday’s June 8 primary election, was excluded from the "un"-democratic attorney general candidate debates sponsored by the Democratic Party, by the League of Women Voters, Public Television Channel 36, ABC LA Channel 7, KQED SF, and many others because they want to keep 6 issues out of public discussion, and take away every voter's choice.

The other six Democratic candidates not excluded from the League of Women's voter debate are all essentially in lock step on all these issues.

MIKE SCHMIER’s positions, however, are exactly opposite.

This gives voters a real choice.

MIKE SCHMIER, is the only Democratic, and the only major party candidate who:

1. Opposes “3 strikes”;


2. Opposes the death penalty;


3. Opposes 1978’s Proposition 13 tax inequalities (with a formula to protect the homes of retired and limited income taxpayers);


4. Supports the ballot initiative to legalize cannabis;


5. Supports Proposition 15 (and more legislation to remove the influence of money and special interests from government);


6. Supports state adoption of the federal judiciary’s 2006 restoration of a more fair and balanced legal system.
   
   
7. Supports Improving Education.
   
   We voters must use our ballots to restore our right to exonerate ourselves. We must make sure that our California Supreme Court justices (now up for re-election for 12 year terms) restore our historical right to use unpublished appellate decisions.
   
   We must end their prohibition stopping us from mentioning over 90% of decisions to vindicate ourselves in our state courts [see www.NonPublication.com].

For over 35 years, Mike has been an employee rights attorney.

After studying law at Michigan, Mike was the law clerk for the Chief Judge of the Federal District Court in Southern California.

Served as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles.

Served over 5 years as a Federal Labor Prosecutor, protecting employee rights.

Served as California Administrative Law Judge for employee rights

As a private Attorney General, on behalf of the people, Mike brought several lawsuits against the California Supreme Court and the Federal Courts to clean up corruption. He succeeded in 2006 when the Federal Courts changed their rules to allow the people a fair defense. All of the major states followed the same Federal Rule change, with the exception of California. Now Mike seeks to restore these same rights to all Californians (details)-

Taught employee rights, constitutional, and criminal law as a professor at several universities with focus on fostering female and minority legal education.

Joined the School Board following the exposure of a major scandal in order to to clean up the corruption. Mike withstood the pressure from special interests, and was the only School Board Member to vote against state takeover.

12 Reality Checks

REALITY CHECK # 1 - Put California's Economy & Financial House In Order.

1 - Implement a solid business plan for the State -- not just a "panic budget."
2 - Establish a 5-7 year reasonable system of fair income and property taxation.

REALITY CHECK #2 - Create Jobs, Security, & Business Growth.

1 - Create new jobs by stimulating our business environment.
2 - Accelerate government decision-making and cut oppressive regulations where possible.
3 - Support the highest and wisest use of our land by working closely with developers, the construction industry, and environmentalists for managed growth.

REALITY CHECK #3 - Healthcare for All.

1 - Promote wellness as a way of saving on healthcare costs.
2 - Reduce administrative costs from 30% to 5% to save billions of dollars.
3 - Create a Group Plan for those now not covered in which providers doing business in California are required to participate.
4 - Create a state agency which collects costs from employers and employees, negotiates with patient selected providers, including injured workers, and pays providers directly.
5 - Aggressively pursue insurance fraud to collect damages for the State.
6 - Demonstrate to business and industry that a healthy populace is financially superior to the present system.

CHECK #4 - Education for All.

1 - Recognize education as the first line of defense for our Democracy.
2 - Establish a volunteer CALIFORNIA KNOWLEDGE BANK COMMISSION ("CKBC") charged with the responsibility of implementing a reinvented education system.

REALITY CHECK #5 - Environmental Leadership.

1 - Encourage industries that create pollution management and environmental technologies that can be sold worldwide.
2 - Create strong incentives for alternative fuel and energy applications.
3 - Protect open spaces, water, ground, air, forests, oceans, coastlines, and deserts.

REALITY CHECK #6 - Link Transportation and Environmental Issues.

1 - Establish "Free Rides to Work and Home Vouchers" for use during specific days/hours, issued through employers to encourage use of vastly improved mass transit and ride sharing.
2 - Establish high incentives for alternative fuel use vehicles by lowering license fees and sales taxes on those vehicles.
3 - Establish an annually collected flat fee of $500 on all non-business, heavy and overpowered cars and trucks.

REALITY CHECK #7 - Alternative Sentencing & Prison Reform

1 - Reduce the high cost and unpredictability of our existing sentencing and prison system.
2 - Ensure productive and instructive work from those in custody.
3 - Effective rehabilitation, education, job training and real assistance in integrating prisoners back into our society

REALITY CHECK #8 - Federal Accountability for Immigration & Cross-Border Issues.

1 - Cross-border issues are the responsibility of the Federal government and we must demand that the Social Security Administration create a special SSN-Plus system to account for our cross-border workers and families. This is the only way we can insure accountability for their presence in any state and the best way to secure taxation of their wages and to provide fair benefits as required by California law to all workers.
2 - Decriminalize working in California and other states for non- documented workers by developing a management system at the Federal level to ensure equal taxation and treatment of these contributors to our work force.
3- If the Federal government fails to do this, we must come up with a legal and fair Worker-Family Documentation Program (WFDP) of our own. If other states want to follow our model, we can provide paid consulting services to help them achieve their goals.

REALITY CHECK #9 – Review and Repair Our Political Structure.

1 - Loosen term limits so politicians do not “owe” big contributors and see no political gain in solving long term problems.
2 - Plug loopholes that encourage corrupt relationships where politicians shake down contributors and pay back with favors at public expense.
3 - Support the brand new California Citizens Redistricting Commission so the politicians do not continue to gerrymander "safe districts" to maintain power they would otherwise lose.
4 - Amend California’s constitution to make it harder to place recall initiatives on the ballot so the process is not hijacked by special interests.

REALITY CHECK #10 – Fairly Amend Proposition 13.

1 - To not increase taxes, make it harder for corporations to escape re-assessment with 100 year leases that the homeowner cannot have. Homeowners should get equal treatment.
2 - Remove 2/3 vote provided in Proposition 13 initiative put into State Constitution for all budgetary matters--all but 3 states do it on a 50% majority. This hamstrings the legislature and we are all held hostage by any unreasonable minority. This flies in the face of Democracy.

REALITY CHECK #11 – Government Will Listen and Respond to the People.

1 – Good government requires listening to the people and paying real attention.
2 – Attend carefully to the needs of the citizens and not to special interests.
3 – Encourage participation by experts and promote volunteerism as great, untapped resources.

REALITY CHECK #12 - Recognize and Utilize the Full Power of California.

We must remember –