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...along with commentary about some of the larger donors, all public information obtained through the California secretary of state's office. "My goal was to make it socially unacceptable to give huge amounts of money to take away the rights of one particular group, a minority group," says Fred Karger, a retired political consultant and founder of Californians Against Hate. "I wanted to make the public aware of who these people are and how much they're giving, and then they could make a decision as to whether or not they want to patronize their businesses...
...negative publicity is having an effect on both companies and individuals. Scott Eckern, artistic director of the California Musical Theatre in Sacramento, whose $1,000 donation was listed on ElectionTrack, chose to resign from his post this week to protect the theater from public criticism. Karger says a "soft boycott" his group had started against Bolthouse Farms - which gave $100,000 to Prop. 8 - was dropped after he reached a settlement with the company. Bolthouse Farms was to give an equal amount of money to gay rights political causes. The amount ultimately equaled...
...Once you see the target 30 yards away form you, nothing goes through your mind," says Randy Karger '99, who is the former president of the club. "It's exciting once you hit the target...
...Karger said that he was particularly upset about the approximately two dozen posters placed in the Yard because first-year students are least likely to be familiar with the group...
...just like the University to reaf-firm its stand that things like this are wrong, they're not political debate, and as an academic, intellectual community we can't stand for it," Karger said...