Help us defeat Carl DeMaio for Congress

Brian Marvel may have been smiling at a lecture he gave at the Harvard Law School to a group of police association presidents recently, but he certainly is not smiling now as he throws the entire weight of his organization behind the fight to defeat Carl DeMaio for Congress. He needs your help.

If he wins, your pay, benefits and even your job will be jeopardized

By Brian Marvel, President
San Diego Police Officers Association

With 435 seats in Congress, it might be difficult to see how one race can have a big impact.

But here in San Diego, one of the country’s most contested congressional races, Carl DeMaio, the unsuccessful candidate for Mayor who is best known for wanting to gut pensions, eliminate promises on retiree health care and place all public employees in 401k’s could win. He has no intention of making current systems sustainable; complete elimination is his goal.

Not even the benefits of police officers are able to escape his sights – in fact, he voted against survivor benefits for families of officers who die in the line of duty.

Now that he’s running for Congress, he poses a national threat to all public employees – including the military.

On the campaign trail, he’s been touting how his anti-pension ballot measure – passed as Proposition B here in San Diego – is something other cities should implement.

We have little doubt that, should he prevail in this election, his first act of business on Day 1 will be to begin whittling away at pension benefits for public employees on a national level.

As I write this article, DeMaio tweeted, “Looking forward to introducing my Pension Reform bill in Congress and a statewide initiative in CA in 2016.”

That’s what’s at stake if Carl gets elected. He’s in a very competitive district – one of the most competitive in the country. That means any bit of support can potentially help his opponent, Rep. Scott Peters, defeat Carl.

Last month we started exploring the idea of creating a federal Political Action Committee. That day has come; we have established one dedicated to this effort – and we’re looking to build national support. We not only want to defeat Carl, but send a message to all future candidates that we’re capable of unifying behind a shared cause.

Citizens and Public Safety Proponents for Truth PAC (FEC ID# C00567487).

Please consider contributing today as part of this cause and click here. Thank you for your support and together we can defeat DeMaio.

Respectfully,
Brian R Marvel
President, San Diego POA