Strong Arm Tactics

There are many ways to entice people to sign petitions. How about giving a Snickers bar to a homeless person? Or telling citizens they’re signing a measure to allow supermarkets to sell wine -- when actually it’s a ban on gay marriage? Or maybe hoodwinking folks into endorsing a massive change in presidential elections by telling them it involves kids with cancer?

All these and more are among the allegations against Arno Political Consulting, the outfit that handled the Boss Mayor signature drive in Sacramento. Read all about them in our special report: Strong-Arm for the Strong Mayor? (.pdf, 34k)