At our August 16th meeting we will discuss how to bring our Candidates on board in supporting Clean Elections/publicly financed elections for Texas. We have a proposed pledge we will look at for candidates and elected officials to sign.

We will also discuss the Clean Elections proposed legislation and review Clean elections laws in other states.

For additional information about TCAN - the True Courage Action Network and Clean Elections, visit our website listed below.

TCAN's Clean Elections effort

or call John Courage @ 210-499-5776

At our April 9th meeting we will discuss how to bring our Candidates on board in supporting Clean Elections/publicly financed elections for Texas. We have a proposed pledge we will look at for candidates and elected officials to sign.

We will also discuss the Clean Elections resolution we've proposed to the Democratic party convention in June and e Clean Elections caucus and booth we want to sponsor at the convention.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Meetup. Please feel free to bring any friends with you!

For additional information about TCAN - the True Courage Action Network and Clean Elections, visit our website listed below.

TCAN's Clean Elections effort

or call John Courage @ 210-499-5776

At our April 9th meeting we will discuss how to bring our Candidates on board in supporting Clean Elections/publicly financed elections for Texas. We have a proposed pledge we will look at for candidates and elected officials to sign.

We will also discuss the Clean Elections resolution we've proposed to the Democratic party convention in June and e Clean Elections caucus and booth we want to sponsor at the convention.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Meetup. Please feel free to bring any friends with you!

For additional information about TCAN - the True Courage Action Network and Clean Elections, visit our website listed below.

TCAN's Clean Elections effort

or call John Courage @ 210-499-5776

At our Feb. 13th meeting we will have a demonstration Clean Elections presentation complete with videos and Clean Elections material. We will discuss how to make a Clean Elections presentation to candidates, elected officials, individuals and groups.

We will be focusing in the next few weeks on how to bring our Candidates on board in supporting Clean Elections/publicly financed elections for Texas. We have a proposed pledge we will look at for candidates and elected officials to sign.

We are also preparing Resolutions to present at the party conventions this March and later at the state conventions this summer.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Meetup. Please feel free to bring any friends with you!

For additional information about TCAN - the True Courage Action Network and Clean Elections, visit our website listed below.

TCAN's Clean Elections effort

or call John Courage @ 210-499-5776

We will be discussing how to bring our Candidates on board in supporting Clean Elections/publicly financed elections for Texas. We have a proposed pledge we will look at for candidates and elected officials to sign.

We look forward to seeing you at our next meetup. Please feel free to bring any friends with you!

Imagine a government in which your opinions counted as much as those of professional lobbyists and the megawealthy. Imagine a judicial system in which candidates for judge didn?t have to raise money from the very attorneys and interests who one day will show up in their courtrooms. These aren?t just dreams of true democracy; they?re reality in a number of states that have passed Clean Elections legislation establishing opt-in public financing of campaigns. TCAN is leading the statewide initiative to bring Clean Elections to Texas.

Our overall goal is to pass two Clean Elections (CE) measures in the 81st TX Legislative Session that will provide public funding for judicial races and legislative races, thus freeing candidates from the need to court special-interest money from wealthy ideologues and corporations. We think passage of this legislation is the single most important thing our organization can do to restore our government to a participatory democracy.

One of our subgoals is to have local officials (city council, county commissioners, others) from every region of the state pass resolutions calling on the legislature to pass the CE measures in 2009. We are also getting commitments from local officials to take action in 2009 (lobbying, promoting, etc.). In support of these aims, TCAN is building a coordinated grassroots network of activists across the state who will actively court and lobby these local officials. Volunteer efforts are strongly supported and coordinated.

Headquartered in Austin, TCAN?s Clean Elections team oversees the statewide strategy and serves as the network hub. It is the communications focal point for regional coordinators, the TCAN board, and partner organizations.

Here in San Antonio and around the state, TCAN and our allied organizations, the Texas League of Women Voters, Democracy Matters and other progressive organizations in Dallas and Houston are holding community,neighborhood and home based events, spreading the word about Clean Elections and publicly financed elections. The Meet Up network is our next step in educating the public and organizing like minded activists on this important issue.

At our October Meet Up will be sharing information about how Maine and other states have created and benefited from Clean Elections programs for their elected officials and how we can replicate their success here in Texas.

You and your friends and family are cordially invited to attend!

For additional information about TCAN - the True Courage Action Network and Clean Elections, visit our website listed below.

TCAN's Clean Elections effort