Voters ready for a fight: vow to knock on doors, sling own mud directly at candidates

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - April 2, 2014 - PRLog -- A group of Inland Empire voters, calling themselves “CA-31 Clean Slate”, vowed on Friday to get out the vote in favor of congressional candidate Danny Tillman, bypass all campaign giving and sling their own mud at candidates.

The group’s members formed the pact as a “guttural reaction to what we read about lobbyists, carpetbagging, and the whole D.C. culture,” said Juanita Vang, 47, of Mentone.

CA-31 Clean Slate is throwing their weight behind Danny Tilllman, who they believe “has the least amount of baggage but is also a great guy with a sincere desire to serve.”

“We’re not going to give a dime to any candidate,” Vang said. “That money is wasted on high-paid consultants, all of whom are part of the problem. We’re going to knock on doors to get voters to drain the swamp, at least for the next representative from our district. And we’re not going to raise or spend money, which would make us have to hire a Washington lawyer to fill out FEC forms. Defeats the whole purpose.”

“We’re skipping the form filing and just talking directly to voters,” he continued.

Their least favorite candidate?

“Lesli Gooch,” said Trevor Bird, 36, of Rancho Cucamonga. “The Jeffrey Burum stories, the lobbying, it’s kind of hard to start fresh when you have that kind of history. I doubt she ever did anything wrong per se, but there’s a mindset that builds up in that career where you want to do people favors. We don’t need Congress doing more favors for their donors. They need to help people who can’t afford favors.”

The group plans to launch their website this week and introduce their first YouTube video ad soon.

In addition to Vang and Bird, founding members are Sammy McMahon, 62, of Upland and Sabrina Wooten-Smith, 50, of San Bernardino.