The Republican Party of Washington State filed an FEC complaint against the Darcy Burner congressional campaign in Washington's 8th district on April 11, 2006.
Eastside Democracy for America, a grassroots group of citizens based in Bellevue, Washington, was targeted for producing free media for Darcy Burner. Eastside DFA is not a 527, PAC, non-profit or profit corporation. It is a group of private citizens fighting to make sure Washington State sends another Democrat to congress in November.
Their baseless complaint, filed without having gathered facts, is typical of the Republican Party's petty, ignorant political methods. Diane Tebelius, Chair of the Washington State Republican's, signed the complaint. In it, Eastside DFA blog entries are quoted, and our support for Darcy's campaign is detailed.
They are terrified of the grassroots and the support Darcy has garnered from her army of skilled volunteers, who are working tirelessly within the law to unseat the DeLay puppet Dave Reichert in Washington's 8th Congressional Disctrict. Our are produced for Darcy's campaign free of charge, by a private citizen, volunteering to help elect Darcy.
Darcy's campaign has clearly and effectively refuted the complaint, and Eastside DFA is proud to become a target of the Washington Republican Party. We will be taking this story to all local press and blogs, to state loud and clear: private citizens in our democracy are affecting change from the grassroots, and notice has been served to the Republican Party: we have only begun to fight.