Big Labor Claims Prove Unfounded
In the wake of the overwhelming voter support for Proposition A, which bans government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on city projects in San Diego, union boss Lorena Gonzalez has said repeatedly that Big Labor was outspent 7-1 by corporate interests supporting Proposition A.
Here is a video of Gonzalez making the claim on a local TV news report:
This claim is completely ridiculous, and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com contributor Kevin Dayton lays out of the facts from the San Diego campaign finance reports.
Here are the highlights from Kevin’s report on the Dayton Public Policy Institute website on this subject:
One person said to me, “I read your blog showing how unions spent $1.2 million against Proposition A. What is she talking about? Did the Yes on A campaign really raise more than $7 million?”
No. As shown here in the campaign finance reports of the City of San Diego Ethics Commission, unions and union-managed organizations spent more against Proposition A ($1,325,231.20) than “corporate interests” spent in support of Proposition A ($934,037.81), in a ratio of almost 3 to 2. Supporters of Prop A did not even raise $1 million for a city-wide campaign in a city with 1.3 million people. Gonzalez’s 7 to 1 ratio for spending on Proposition A could only be met with $8.2 million in additional imaginary money to the Yes on A campaign or with some sort of incredible distortion of data on campaign finance reports.
We strongly encourage you to read Dayton’s full blog post on this, and hope you follow his blog in the future.