State-Funded Design and Engineering Services. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
	Rebuttal to Argument against Proposition 224

90% OF THE OPPOSITION'S CAMPAIGN MONEY COMES FROM CONSULTANTS WHO RECEIVE NO-BID GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS! Of course, they oppose Prop. 224's requirements for cost effectiveness, competitive bidding, and contractor responsibility! If it passes, their gravy train will run out of gravy! All the pork will be gone from their political pork barrel!

THE SAME GANG THAT OPPOSED PROPOSITION 13 OPPOSES PROPOSITION 224! The Chamber of Commerce (big business), the League of Cities (local politicians), CalTax and others. Voters ignored them and approved Proposition 13, saving billions for taxpayers. Vote yes on Prop. 224!

"We are very strong supporters of privatization, but the only way it is going to work is to have open bidding," Joel Fox, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; San Bernardino Sun, 9/12/95.

REAL EARTHQUAKE SAFETY EXPERTS, THE ENGINEERS WHO DESIGN AND BUILD OUR BRIDGES, SUPPORT PROPOSITION 224. So do the Engineers and Architects Association, and the Council of Engineers and Scientists Organizations.

America is based on competition. COMPETITIVE BIDDING AMONG QUALIFIED FIRMS saves money and cuts bureaucracy. HOLDING CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE for their work improves highway and bridge safety. Claims that competitive bidding will raise taxes, cause delays, or prohibit contracting out are ridiculous! Will competitive bidding SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY? OF COURSE IT WILL!

"We need competitive bidding. The current system favors the big boys, excludes small companies, promotes corruption, and wastes tax dollars." Edmundo Lopez, President, Hispanic Contractors Association

BREAK THE LINK BETWEEN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS.

COMPETITIVE BIDDING MAKES SENSE. YES ON PROPOSITION 224!

ARTHUR P. DUFFY
Chairman, Taxpayers for Competitive Bidding
LOIS WELLINGTON
President, Congress of California Seniors
EDMUNDO LOPEZ
President, Hispanic Contractors Association