1. Competing for a Piece of the Pie in The Pacific States By: Ben Vail and Marianne Needham

2. Who’s Got Clout? Top Ten 1.Teachers’ organizations 2.General business organizations 3.Utility Companies & associations 4.Lawyers 5.Bankers’ associations 6.General local government organizations 7.Traditional labor associations 8.Insurance: general and medical 9.Manufacturers 10.Physicians and State Medical Associations

3. California Top Ten Industries (2006) Hawaii Top Ten Industries (2006) Source: www.followthemoney.org

4. Oregon Top Ten Industries (2006) Washington Top Ten Industries (2006) Source: www.followthemoney.org

5. Top Contributors (2006) California Hawaii OregonWashington Source: www.followthemoney.org

6. California Teachers Association (CTA) “Every child deserves a chance to learn and no child succeeds alone.” Source: http://www.cta.org Largest Professional Employee Organization 340,000 members Affiliated with 3.2 million-member National Education Association David A. Sanchez is the current President

7. Techniques A “team of in-house lobbyists” Television and Radio Ads Donations to Candidates and Proposition Committees Coalitions with other special interests (“Together for California’s Future” and “Education Coalition”) Web Presence (ProtectOurStudents.org) Criticism: CTA overstates cuts in education, exploits children in ads

8. Playing Politics Target Democrats more than Republicans Spend most money on major ballot initiatives How the CTA Spends their Money Source: www.followthemoney.org

9. Successes Teacher Pay Rate above inflation Able to defeat all Propositions of Gov. Schwarzenegger 2nd largest contributor in 2005, even went into debt ($54.7 million) Proposition 1D passed in 06. Proposition 82 failed (called for increase in income tax)

10. CTA A true 600 pound gorilla People, Money, Connections Uses children in their ads effectively Active lobbying within government and organizes itself with other interest groups No strong opposition group