Does Gov. Brewer just not get it?
Well, I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.
Gov. Brewer stated Monday that she doesn’t see it as a conflict of interest that her chief campaign advisers, including Campaign Co-Chair and former Attorney General Grant Woods, are receiving money from the payday lenders to try to keep them in business beyond July 1st of 2010 – despite an overwhelming public vote to the contrary.
VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RkM0_4kqNM or www.NoMoreLoanSharks.com
Transcript: click here (PDF)
The voters spoke out against payday lenders and their 400% interest rates quite clearly last November.
But apparently, Gov. Brewer is open to reversing the will of the voters, and she sees no problem with the fact that her central advisers are being paid — large sums, we hear — by those same payday lenders as their sunset date approaches!
CALL GOVERNOR BREWER –
Tell her to Respect the Will of the Voters.
The Sun Must Set on 400% Interest Rates!
Telephone (602) 542-4331
Toll Free 1-(800) 253-0883
The Governor’s Office keeps count of how many calls they receive for or against any given issue. We must KEEP UP THE PRESSURE until Gov. Brewer publicly acknowledges that the voters have spoken and our verdict was clear!
After you’ve placed your call, forward this email to your friends and colleagues. Ask them to call, too.
In Monday’s interview, Gov. Brewer states that her advisers “haven’t spoken to me about it” and that she doesn’t see “any conflict,” while going on to say — in the same interview — that it is her understanding that the payday lenders “are going to go in and they’re going to make some modifications” in order to win legislative approval to stay in business in Arizona.
These “modifications,” it turns out, are the same ones they tried to sell as “payday loan reform” back in 2008. The voters weren’t buying it — 400% interest is still 400% interest!
Well, perhaps Gov. Brewer does not trust the 1,271,717 Arizona voters who rejected payday lenders last November – more than voted for John McCain for president in his home state.
Perhaps she needs to hear from YOU directly. Today, tomorrow, and every day until she drops her ties to the payday lenders!
Take a minute and call Gov. Brewer right now:
Telephone (602) 542-4331
Toll Free 1-(800) 253-0883
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This issue is beginning to get a lot of coverage in the press:
Arizona voters clear on payday loan businesses – Yuma Sun Editorial 12/2/09
Brewer: ‘no problem’ on backers’ payday loan work – AZ Capitol Times 12/2/09
Brewer allies back payday lenders – Arizona Republic 12/1/09
Brewer not opposed to legislation to save payday-loan industry – Capitol Media Services 12/1/09
Interesting bedfellows aligned on behalf of Payday loans – Seeing Red AZ 12/1/09
Payday Lending an Issue in the Next Republican Primary? – Rum, Romanism and Rebellion 12/1/09
Payday lenders trying end run around voters – Arizona Daily Star Editorial 11/29/09
The more we can keep up the pressure, the better our chances of defeating the payday lenders’ latest scheme and finally ending 400% interest rates in Arizona!
Tell Governor Brewer:
- The voters said “NO” to 400% interest rates charged by payday lenders.
- The fact that the governor’s chief political advisers now are being paid by those same payday lenders to try to overturn the will of the people, is an insult to her office and undermines her credibility on this and other issues.
- If the governor truly is interested in doing “what’s right for the people of Arizona,” she will immediately drop Coughlin, Cole, and Woods from her re-election campaign or insist that they drop the payday loan industry as a client. She can’t have it both ways and expect Arizonans to trust her.
Call Gov. Brewer immediately. If you don’t get through, try again:
Telephone (602) 542-4331
Toll Free 1-(800) 253-0883
Then email us to tell us how it went.
Thank you,
Sen. Debbie McCune Davis
Co-Chair
Arizonans for Responsible Lending
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PS: If you’d like to send Gov. Brewer a hand-written note expressing your views on this important matter, the address is:
The Honorable Jan Brewer
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
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