Cut the Strings!

Fight Corporate Control of Politics!


Art Pope is North Carolina’s top political cash cow. His family and the groups his corporation supports spend millions to elect ultra-conservative politicians who, like puppets, push Pope's anti-government agenda. Profits from his corporation, Variety Wholesalers (which owns Roses, Maxway and other discount stores) help elect people who want to cut taxes for the wealthy, cut services for the rest of us, privatize public education and gut environmental, workplace, and consumer protections.

Elections across the nation are being distorted by corporate cash given with strings attached. The US Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen United decision said that corporations have a Free Speech right to spend unlimited money interfering in political campaigns. That's absurd and Art Pope’s Roses/Maxway business is the worst example here in North Carolina.

Cut the strings! Sign our petition to tell Pope and elected officials to stop the flood of corporate money in politics.

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1371 Wed Oct 19 13:06:34 EDT 2011 Kate Neely Raleigh, NC North Carolina isn't for sale! Let's keep our state moving forward.
1370 Wed Oct 19 12:15:16 EDT 2011 Christine Allen Cary, NC
1369 Wed Oct 19 12:13:56 EDT 2011 Michael Vacanti Tobaccoville, NC
1368 Wed Oct 19 12:11:14 EDT 2011 Maria Izurieta Cary, NC
1367 Wed Oct 19 12:10:18 EDT 2011 LATASHA ANAGA Raleigh, NC
1366 Wed Oct 19 12:09:25 EDT 2011 Martha Grasso Raleigh, NC
1365 Wed Oct 19 11:20:05 EDT 2011 Thomas F. Roward Wake Forest, NC
1364 Wed Oct 19 11:17:07 EDT 2011 David Littlejohn Raleigh, NC
1363 Wed Oct 19 11:15:38 EDT 2011 Phill Powell Raleigh, NC
1362 Wed Oct 19 11:14:32 EDT 2011 Gina Powell Raleigh, NC
1361 Wed Oct 19 11:13:15 EDT 2011 Mary Colombo Raleigh, NC
1360 Wed Oct 19 11:10:56 EDT 2011 Mark & Deborah Petermann Raleigh, NC
1359 Tue Oct 18 17:37:24 EDT 2011 test test Raleigh, NC
1358 Tue Oct 18 15:46:04 EDT 2011 Felicia Willems Raleigh, NC
1357 Tue Oct 18 08:52:27 EDT 2011 P. Angelicia Simmons Zebulon, NC
1356 Mon Oct 17 15:57:33 EDT 2011 Stephen Blake Clemmons, NC 204 -->203When one rich guy can take control of our state legislature then corruption has reached a critical mass. Our democracy has been co-opted by corporate interests, and that is what Occupy Wall St is about.
1355 Sun Oct 16 21:22:46 EDT 2011 Scott A. Weir, Ph.D. (Economics) Durham, NC I don't know whether Mr. Pope truly believes, as he says almost in so many words, that every right that the "99%" hold dear is contingent on the right of the 1% to use their riches however obtained to More....
1354 Sun Oct 16 19:48:54 EDT 2011 Alex Kotch Durham, NC
1353 Sun Oct 16 09:47:42 EDT 2011 Sandra Brooks Raleigh, NC
1352 Fri Oct 14 18:27:34 EDT 2011 Sandra Brooks Raleigh, NC
1351 Tue Oct 11 15:28:34 EDT 2011 Lucia Messina Greenville, SC to change the environment of corruption of money and influence.....
1350 Tue Oct 11 10:39:57 EDT 2011 Sheila Seymour Kinston, NC I want to take the money out of the aucrioning process that ou government currently has. I know that 94% of the time the candidate with the most money wins. This is just not fair and does not relect the More....
1349 Mon Oct 10 17:03:39 EDT 2011 Tom Fletcher Durham, NC
1348 Mon Oct 10 17:02:56 EDT 2011 Susan Dunlap Durham, NC
1347 Mon Oct 10 17:02:07 EDT 2011 Melissa Harrell Durham, NC
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Thank you for speaking up for democracy! We will keep you posted about specific actions you can take to help us fight corporate control of politics.