Chamber of Commerce takes down website associated with Jerry Brown ad

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Last week, the state Chamber of Commerce launched an ad and a website with a focus on Jerry Brown’s record as governor. Within days, the chamber announced it was pulling the ad after Brown and wife Anne Gust exerted pressure on the organization’s president, Allan Zaremberg, through chamber members. Now, it appears the entire website has been taken down.

The site, EnoughSpending.com, housed the ad, which urged readers to ‘let Jerry Brown know Californians believe that ‘enough is enough’ when it comes to his 35 year record of higher taxes and increased government spending.’

The chamber had said that both the website and television ad were not anti-Jerry Brown. Rather, they were part of an issue-advocacy campaign aimed at educating voters on key issues. That distinction, strongly refuted by Brown and his campaign team, allowed the chamber to bypass campaign disclosure requirements.

-- Anthony York