【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】 发信人: lint (half life), 信区: SanFrancisco 标 题: SVCA正式号召给Peter Kuo捐款 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 4 03:14:28 2014, 美东) "我14岁时就移民美国,从未听说“美国梦”会因肤色之分而遥不可及;也从未听说, “美国梦”会因肤色优势而唾手可得。" -PK SVCA正式号召给Peter Kuo捐款 (Tony Xu from SVCA will be responsible for the daily update!) 为何给Peter Kuo捐款: 1)PK是华裔,也是第一个明确站出来反对SCA5的华裔参选选手。 2)PK正在参选州参议员,是目前硅谷D10唯一公开参选的共和党选手,我们需要更 多共和党选手来平衡Senate,防止类似SCA5的法案再次出现。 3)PK所在的S10区,虽然是民主党传统铁票营,但亚裔占30-40%。经历SCA5后, Peter可以有比较大的胜算。 4)PK的Dem对手是Bob Wieckowski和Mary。Bob现在是Assemblyman,对SCA5不愿明确表 态(我们有人面谈过他Staff)。Mary虽然经费充足(大概有$70万),但她有小偷纪录 ,而且 被定罪,钱不一定能救她。 5)PK目前不被看好,主要是经费不足,经验也有所欠缺(这点不是决定因素,我们 SVCA已经和他Campaign Manager深入谈过,美国从政的不需要太多政治经验)。正因为 如此,如果我们华人/华裔能集中全美力量捐款帮助PK参选,一方面可以让Rep高层对PK 更加重视,同时也能给对手Dem以强大心理威慑,不敢小看我们的力量,促使Bob在SCA5 问题上倒向我们! 6)如果能募捐到足够的款项(目前需要在3/15之前筹到$100k左右,当然越多越好 ),我们拿到这数目跟Paul Fong就有说服力!可谓一箭双雕! 7)不管PK能否最终当选,我们都可以向外界发出我们强烈的信号:华人/华裔不是 那么好欺负!而如果PK能顺利当选,他也会记得我们的帮助,更重视我们的意见! 如何捐款: 1)去PK官方捐款网站:https://kuoforsenate.nationbuilder.com/donate,记下 Receipt# 2)去http://goo.gl/J85nBQ 纪录您的捐款信息。这一步可选, 但强烈建议填写,一方面方便我们喊停,另一方面我们可以拿具体数目跟Paul Fong谈 判。 谁能捐款:必须绿卡或者公民,其他身份我们只能感谢您的精神支持!全美国都可以, 不限加州!年龄需要>=18岁! 捐款窍门: 1) 如果您一家有好几个人可以捐款,请尽量分开捐。钱数重要,人数也很重要! 2) PK Campaign为了适应华人/华裔的捐款习惯,特意修改了页面,加入了" Other $",如果您只想捐$10之类的小钱,可以使用此选项! SVCA声明: SVCA自成立之初对募捐就及其慎重,不到必需,我们都不公开募捐(目前为止我们从 未给自己募捐一分钱)。我们的目的是做事,当前所有力量都用来反SCA5。志愿者出力 不花钱能做成的事,我们绝对不花钱,一些小钱都是志愿者自掏。此次给PK公开募捐, 所有款项将直接进入PK Campaign,我们SVCA不会拿到一分。此次募捐,经过了 Committee(目前14个member,到20个目标后会公开名单)详细讨论,无反对票通过。 附PK的信: "A quick summary of how am I a different candidate: How am I different? None of my opponents speaks fluent Mandarin and Taiwanese like I do; none of them has my understanding of the world culture: raised as a Buddhist, went to a Catholic junior high, became a born again Christian, married a gal from the largest Muslim nation in the world, having an Indian business partner, had a Jewish, a Korean and a Japanese business partner for years; created jobs for many Latinos all over the state and country; married to the same woman I met at age 19; raised 3 incredible children; I have traveled all over China, Taiwan and Indonesia; I am also a 4.5 rated tennis team captain/player, not too bad of a golfer, play violin, fly small airplanes, president of my trade association, most importantly of all, I help 2,793 customers on a daily basis to ensure their properties are protected. What I don't have is a shoplifting record (Mary Hayashi), voted for ridiculous laws to burden our schools (AB1266-Bob w), charged w taking bribes (senator Able Calderon) and finally I am the only candidate in this senate race showed up today (3/2) to voice against SCA5. I trust you will support me and spread my website to your many friends. (Disclaimer: I am not perfect) . Thank you in advance for your donation."