More Cola Corruption Elsewhere

More proof both that issues of corporate influence are widespread and that mixing soda with legislators is risky business comes in a new story from Rhode Island, where Democratic party congressional leaders are facing allegations that they unlawfully accepted tickets and skybox access to a recent Boston Celtics basketball game from the Coca-Cola corporation. (From the Rhode Island Providence Journal, May 13th 2005) The story goes on to discuss the fact that the state's legislature will soon be considering bills to ban soda from schools; much like the bill originally sent to the Oregon state congress and severely "watered down" by Democrat Vicki Walker - a recipient of a substantial campaign contribution from a soda industry organization.

Voters should not simply reject the soda executive Eric Forrest (the incumbent in the contested 4J School district election) but should also prioritize electing a candidate with extensive experience and understanding of the power that special interests like the soda industry and so many others, can exercise over the political process. Nadia Sindi has extensive political experience on every level, from the local to the international. Thus she has an extensive understanding of how corporate and other forms of power can operate in the real world. Nadia lives simply and takes her dedication to political justice far beyond mere words; she is the most qualified candidate to work for children in a world filled with so many other, "sticky" political and economic interests.