(California senators) Feinstein, Boxer back Brown's tax plan
Source: SF Chron
Top Democratic elected leaders in California are urging proponents of a ballot measure that rivals Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-raising Proposition 30 not to directly attack or refer to the governor's measure in their campaign.
In a letter sent Thursday to Carol Kocivar, the president of the California State PTA, U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer - along with the top two Democrats in the Legislature - called for a "positive campaign compact" between the rival campaigns.
The PTA is the leading proponent of Proposition 38, which would raise the income tax on a large number of Californians for 13 years and direct most of that money to public schools. Higher income earners would pay the most.
The initiative is bankrolled almost entirely by wealthy civil rights attorney Molly Munger, but the PTA is the public face of the campaign.
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