Red alert: No on 8 needs $10 million; 'Our lead is gone'

by Seth Hemmelgarn Bay Area Reporter Thursday Oct 9, 2008 With the campaign to defeat anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 behind in money and in two recent polls, Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors declared Tuesday, "We are going to lose this election if we don’t raise the money we need to stay on the airwaves." No on 8 senior strategist Steve Smith who, along with Kors, was speaking on a conference call with LGBT media, said the campaign needs to raise at least $10 million before the November 4 election. That money is crucial to reach voters through TV ads. Smith responded to a reporter’s question about what the homeland security alert color would be at this stage by saying, "To hell with orange. We’re going straight to red." "Our community is very complacent," Kors said, thinking that the election’s over and that... [read full story]