The taxpayers voted for Prop A, which provided grant funding from L.A. County for cities to improve existing park facilities and for the purchase of open space land. Now our local officials want to take that open space land and turn it back into an oil field. The oil companies and City of Whittier were sued by the Mountain Recreation Conservation Authority (MRCA), L.A. County, and Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy (SMMC). The MRCA, which is part of the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy (SMMC), won the lawsuit against the oil companies and the City of Whittier. The judge stopped the oil project. Now the MRCA has sold out to Matrix Oil by settling with them. The SMCC will get royalties of up to $11.25 million a year to buy land in wealthy communities like Malibu, and the residents of Whittier will be sickened from oil drilling. How can they say they protect open spaces when they now exploit them? The Mountain Recreation Conservation Authority (MRCA) has opened a Pandora's box regarding land use changes with this settlement. Their decision has implications for the entire state of California. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors can stop this. Please e-mail both Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas and tell them not to settle. They need to protect people and the environment.

"Citizen Koch" was pulled from the public-television broadcast because of fear of upsetting David Koch, who has been a major donor to the public television stations. But, these public broadcast television stations should answer to the important documentary. Will you sign the petition to call foe a national broadcast of "Citizen Koch" to air on independent Lens?

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"Citizen Koch" is a documentary that was pulled from national public television broadcast because it offended David Koch, a major donor to the PBS network. While Koch may be able to hand over millions ($23 million, to be exact, according to Jane Meyer of the New Yorker) for the sake of influence, public television stations should answer to the majority of their donors and viewers, average citizens like you and me. I urge you to join the cause and call for a national television broadcast of "Citizen Koch" on Independent Lens, PBS's Emmy-winning independent documentary showcase.

If a candidate wants us to vote for them, then tell us why by taking the high-road and not sinking so deep in the muck they have to resort to slamming their opponent.

"Citizen Koch" is a documentary that was pulled from national public television broadcast because it offended David Koch, a major donor to the PBS network. While Koch may be able to hand over millions ($23 million, to be exact, according to Jane Meyer of the New Yorker) for the sake of influence, public television stations should answer to the majority of their donors and viewers--average citizens like you and me. I urge you to join the cause and call for a national television broadcast of "Citizen Koch" on Independent Lens, PBS's Emmy-winning independent documentary showcase.

Earlier this summer, a New Yorker article revealed that public television pulled the documentary Citizen Koch from a planned national broadcast – out of fear of upsetting major PBS donor and right-wing billionaire David Koch. Citizen Koch is a powerful documentary by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers that tells the story of the outsized role of money in politics.

I watched Citizen Koch during Sundance Film Festival last winter.

"Citizen Koch" was pulled off the air because public television was afraid of upsetting David Koch; public television stations should answer to viewers, not billionaires.

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"Citizen Koch" was pulled from a national public television broadcast because of fear of upsetting David Koch, who has been a major donor to public television. But public television stations should answer to viewers like me, not to billionaires like the Koch brothers--- and I want to see this important documentary. Will you call for a national broadcast of "Citizen Koch" on Independent Lens ?

This guys has an agenda to control and manipulate public opinion without been criticized by any one who disagree with their views. and that's is so bigot!! coming from them.