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    Volunteers with the organization MoveOn.org gathered signatures outside the Stock Show in Fort Worth for a petition aimed at lobbying reform in Washington D.C. The petition drive was part of MoveOn.org's "Stop Corruption Weekend of Action" across the country to push Congress to pass stronger anti-corruption laws. While some stopped to sign the petition, most attendees were in a hurry to get inside the Stock Show. The petition organizers planned to fax the signatures to Representative Kay Granger to advocate for their cause.

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    Volunteers with the organization MoveOn.org gathered signatures outside the Stock Show in Fort Worth for a petition aimed at lobbying reform in Washington D.C. The petition drive was part of MoveOn.org's "Stop Corruption Weekend of Action" across the country to push Congress to pass stronger anti-corruption laws. While some stopped to sign the petition, most attendees were in a hurry to get inside the Stock Show. The petition organizers planned to fax the signatures to Representative Kay Granger to advocate for their cause.

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    Posted on Mon, Jan.

    30, 2006

    Petition drive takes aim at excess pork - the


    political kind
    By AMANDA ROGERS

    SPECIAL TO THE Star-Telegram

    STAR-TELEGRAM/JEFFERY WASHINGTON

    Lana Hoover of Fort Worth, with her dog, Rosie, gathers signatures outside the Amon G.
    Carter Jr. Exhibits Hall on Sunday for a petition to try to push for lobbying reform in
    Washington, D.C.

    Protesters outside the Stock Show on Sunday had nothing against the swine inside. It was
    Washington pork they were after.

    "Greed has become so pervasive that corruption is almost a matter of policy," said Geof
    Tait, a Fort Worth private investigator who organized the petition drive for MoveOn.org.

    Of the 40 to 60 volunteers expected, eight showed up and collected 132 signatures in


    three hours "asking Congress to pass anti-corruption laws with teeth so that there are
    penalties," Tait said. Organizers planned to fax the petitions to Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort
    Worth.
    Recent changes in Medicare brought out Mary Cathcart of Arlington to collect signatures.

    "There are so many people who can't get prescriptions because there are a variety of
    companies promoting prescription coverage," Cathcart said. "It's so confusing."

    Other volunteers said they were motivated by the list of congressional members accused
    of unethical conduct.

    The political action committee MoveOn.org, which was begun in 1998 by two California
    men, has more than 3 million Internet members across the country. Nationwide, they
    planned to hold 142 petition drives for "Stop Corruption Weekend of Action" on
    Saturday and Sunday.

    In Cowtown, some people stopped to sign, but most were in a hurry to get to the show.

    "We just really don't want to stop and take the time," said Frank Bell of Mansfield and his
    family as they hurried past the protesters.

    Steve Peck of Glen Rose was happy to sign, though.

    "I think just about every politician in Washington is there for another reason than what
    they were elected," Peck said. "They're out for themselves, not their constituents."

    Barbara Reed of Arlington just laughed when asked to sign the petition.

    "That's hilarious," she said. "Politicians have been corrupt since the beginning of time.
    They think they're going to stop it with petitions."

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