Disturbed

I found a disturbing item in my e-mail this morning; it was political advertising. Not just any political advertising, but California political advertising to be exact. My SpamBayes filter had already moved it to the Junk folder, but I was surprised that the senders were able to discern that my address was a California address. The mail itself was an anti-Proposition 79 piece, sent by John T. Kehoe, Founder, California Senior Advocates League [no_reply@botpush11.com]. Notice the last part of the address? Botpush11? So it’s a robot mailing service that doesn’t allow you to reply.

And Mr. Kehoe? He is low key but Google found this, “AARP is not the only senior group taking a position on the drug discount measures. The California Senior Advocates League has taken the opposite position, and John T. Kehoe, one of the group's founders, is serving as co-chairman of the Proposition 78 campaign.
But the Senior Advocates League has no paid members. It operates on an shoestring budget of about $120,000, of which more than 5% comes from drug company contributions. Kehoe, the former executive director of the California Commission on Aging, said that had nothing to do with why he joined the Proposition 78 campaign.

Has no paid members? And just how does Mr. Kehoe operate a slick advertising campaign? This one smells…