{"article":{"id":4351,"heading":"Toward A New Political Brand -- Volunteer Qualified","author":"Jamie Court , Foundation for Taxpayer & Consu","created":"2000-11-04 16:56:43","modified":"2013-11-10 23:36:42","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:36:42","article":"
\n","contact":"jamie@consumerwatchdog.org","link":"http:\/\/www.consumerwatchdog.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The true vacuity of politics today is not just the absence of real debate, but the lack of a genuine citizen movement to challenge commercialized electioneering and politicking. The only hope is a new political brand that the California initiative process is in a unique position to incubate \u2013 V.Q.I. or the volunteer qualified initiative.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/11\/toward_a_n.txt","filesize":"5.4 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/11\/4351.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}