For Release: September 14, 2014

Contact: Eileen Miller (518) 669-9702

SENATE CANDIDATE GEORGE AMEDORE ANNOUNCES
OUTSIDE MONEY COUNTDOWN CALENDER

With fifty-one days left until Election Day, State Senate candidate George Amedore
today announced his campaign will maintain an Outside Money Countdown Calendar. The
calendar will count down the days until New York City-dominated groups pour hundreds of
thousands of dollars or more into the race to pay for negative campaign ads and mailers on
behalf of Cecilia Tkaczyk.

In 2012, organizations from outside the 46
th
district -- including Friends of Democracy
and Protect Our Democracy -- unleashed an unprecedented level of resources at the last
minute to air attack ads and send negative mailers against George Amedore.

As we enter the final months of the campaign, we all know the list of usual suspects are
going to come out of the woodwork with their New York City money and inundate voters with
scare tactics and smear campaigns," said Amedore. "When it happened two years ago, they
didn't let me down -- they let the voters of this Senate district down. Unfortunately, we all
know whats coming, but the voters won't be fooled again. At the end of the day, the families of
the 46
th
deserve better. Cecilia Tkaczyk cannot be the so-called poster child for campaign
finance reform, and at the same time build her campaign on a foundation of the worst type of
politics.

"As each day passes without a negative mailer or attack ad funded by one of Senator
Tkaczyks allies, well cross a page off the calendar. Honestly, we dont expect it to last very
long," said Amedore.

Many of the groups who dumped in the outside money are the very same groups who
champion public financing of campaigns.
-more-
Having seen firsthand how outside money can influence the outcome of an election, I
appreciate the need to update campaign finance regulations. But forcing hardworking
taxpayers to foot the bill for the phone calls, mailers, and advertisements that they don't want
is something I cant support, Amedore said.

Ive spent months knocking on doors and talking to the men and women of the district
about important issues impacting the district. Im not relying on third parties to come in and
scare people into voting for me. Lets have a conversation about what we stand for, not what
special interest groups from outside the 46
th
district dictate to us.

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