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Business for Good Government
ARE YOU CONCERNED that decisions made by our elected and appointed officials sometimes seem to be made in a vacuum that neglects to take into consideration the impacts on your business? Did you ever wish that in conjunction with a project’s required EIR (environmental impact report), a different kind of EIR that considered the financial implications and costs of delaying or denying a project would receive equal consideration by decision makers? Do you wish you had more time to look out for your interests, but you're just too busy staying one step ahead of the competition? Business for Good Government, a political action committee of the Fremont Chamber, is one more way the Fremont Chamber works effectively for your business! WHY WAS BGG FORMED? Business for Good Government (BGG) was formed by the Board of Directors of the Fremont Chamber in 1995 to:
WHAT IS IT? The BGG is a political action committee authorized by the State of California and FPPC to raise funds, endorse candidates and play an active role in support of business interests in all state, regional, and local arenas. The BGG is completely independent of any political party, any candidate, or any other political organization. WHAT CAN IT DO? It can endorse candidates, ballot measures, or initiatives. It can contribute money to the same. It can also make independent expenditures on behalf of a candidate or issue; for example, it could purchase signs supporting a proposition, not as part of that proposition's campaign strategy, but as a completely independent decision. It also can conduct "get out the vote" drives, or voter registration. Local council elections, school board or special agency elections, county supervisorial races, transit agency elections, and state elections, for example, are all appropriate areas in which BGG works.
WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Excerpt from an editorial in The Argus, June 13, 1995… “Zager appears to have been helped citywide by support from the business community and specifically from the Chamber of Commerce of which she was president last year. Fremont’s business community may have gained a little political clout in the process - and not just by adding a more friendly voice to the council. Zager’s election should help demonstrate that an organization with a membership of more than 1,200 businesses accounting for more than 30,000 employees - and Fremont’s best interest as its chief mission - can no longer be dismissed as a political force.” |
