{"id":11936,"date":"2010-06-25T02:07:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T02:07:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-25T02:08:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T02:08:17","slug":"rep-ken-calvert-needs-to-clean-up-his-mess-sign-my-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/25\/rep-ken-calvert-needs-to-clean-up-his-mess-sign-my-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ken Calvert needs to clean up his mess – sign my petition"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, you’ve heard of that Texas Republican, Joe Barton, who apologized to British Petroleum<\/em> for the inconvenience of having to answer tough questions about their oil spill.<\/p>\n

But what you may not know is that Congressman Ken Calvert is one of Barton’s top allies – receiving $4000 just this year from Barton’s “leadership” fund.<\/strong>  And no wonder: Calvert and Barton are best buddies when it comes to standing up for Big Oil.   <\/p>\n

Already in this election, Calvert has taken $16,725 from the oil and gas industry — with a lifetime total of a huge $187,374 from the industry.  <\/strong>That’s more than any other current member of Congress from California.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sign the petition now: Clean up your mess, Ken.<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

It’s simply outrageous.  It’s plain to see where Calvert’s loyalty lies.<\/p>\n

When I was a first grade teacher, I always told my students, “If you make a mess, you clean it up.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clearly, this is a lesson that Ken Calvert, Joe Barton, and their Big Oil buddies never learned. <\/p>\n

Today I’m calling on Ken Calvert to redeem himself to the American people by donating $20,725 — all of the oil-slicked money he’s taken this election — to one of the many organizations that are helping restore the small businesses and communities of the Gulf Coast.  <\/strong>He’s been a champion for Big Oil in Congress, and as a result of his policies of less oversight and less accountability, we’ve got a mess.  And Ken Calvert should do his small part to help clean it up.<\/p>\n

Click here to add your name to a petition<\/a> that I will personally deliver to Ken Calvert. <\/b> Stand up and help us hold Calvert and his Big Oil buddies accountable.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Bill Hedrick<\/p>\n

p.s.  If you’d like to make your own donation to help the Gulf Coast, here’s a good list of charitable organizations<\/a> to consider.<\/p>\n

SOURCES
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Career total – http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/politicia…<\/a>
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2010 total – http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/politicia…<\/a>
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Top California – http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/industrie…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now, you’ve heard of that Texas Republican, Joe Barton, who apologized to British Petroleum<\/em> for the inconvenience of having to answer tough questions about their oil spill.<\/p>\n

But what you may not know is that Congressman Ken Calvert is one of Barton’s top allies – receiving $4000 just this year from Barton’s “leadership” fund.<\/strong>  And no wonder: Calvert and Barton are best buddies when it comes to standing up for Big Oil.   <\/p>\n

Already in this election, Calvert has taken $16,725 from the oil and gas industry — with a lifetime total of a huge $187,374 from the industry.  <\/strong>That’s more than any other current member of Congress from California.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sign the petition now: Clean up your mess, Ken.<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2214,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1990,261],"tags":[3322,488,150,8935,489,4012,464,1424],"class_list":["post-11936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1990","category-261","tag-3322","tag-488","tag-150","tag-8935","tag-489","tag-4012","tag-464","tag-1424"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-36w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}