Summer, 2004

Dear friends of CAP:

On March 9, the Board of Directors of CAP voted unanimously to oppose the efforts to expand gambling in California. We spent a complete afternoon discussing the gamblers' strategy, we prayed about the threat to our State, and then fully agreed to make this crusade CAP's priority for 2004.

The threat is here and now has two numbers. Proposition 68 is the 17-page Initiative that will legalize 30,000 slot machines in five major race tracks and 11 large card clubs. Proposition 70 is the bold attempt by the Indian casinos to take all limits off the proliferation of their gambling establishments and the types of games they can offer for the next 99 years. We have included helpful insights in this webpage spelling out our cases against turning California into the Gambling Capital of the World.

Please read the Position Papers very carefully. They represent our best logic. We have tested them with church leaders in the Capital. Our attorney has vouched for their accuracy. We have submitted them to the Governor's office. We plan to publicize them widely through congregations, in the media, by word of mouth and personal enthusiasm.

The enemy is planning to spend millions to persuade California voters to accept their expansion plans. They talk a lot about "fair share." For years we have watched the gambling industry do everything possible to reduce their taxes, plead poverty, even seek state subsidies. Suddenly they now talk about "generating income," paying their "fair share," creating jobs, balancing the budget and keeping California prosperous!

As a friend of CAP, we ask for your cooperation in introducing this crusade against Prop 68 and Prop 70. This letter is designed so that you can cut it into two pages. The two inside pages can be photocopied at Kinko's or on a business or a church copying machine. We have a limited number of copies that we will send to you on your request. By putting the name and address of one or more friends on the back of the enlistment card, CAP will immediately send a copy of this letter to them.

Use your imagination on using "The Case Against Prop 68" and "The Case Against Prop 70." You can send them to friends, share them with neighbors, mail them to editors and columnists, post them on bulletin boards, etc. Be your own resource supplier and collect articles from magazines and papers about expanded gambling. Be able to point out the fallacies of pro-gambling TV ads. Schedule a home discussion group. We have a big battle to win. We all need to help.