— Bill Jones is the number three candidate in the Reep race for Gov. in California. He hasn’t been able to raise money, so he’s resorted to spamming potential voters (and anybody else with an e-mail account), which has drawn him lots of criticism from Sgt. Stryker and others. Rough and Tumble reports that his ISP pulled the plug on him for violating his user agreement. This is all very sad because Jones is the only Reep holding statewide office, the first in the Gov’s race, and a long-time party faithful. Here’s the R & T entry:
Jones and email spam — The Web site of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones was shut down awhile yesterday after his Internet provider kicked it out for sending political spam e-mails. The Web site was down at least several hours after the service provider Atlantech.net concluded that the latest mass e-mailing violated the spirit of their contract, which forbids spamming. The Jones campaign later found another Internet provider. Ryan Kim in the San Francisco Chronicle Dion Nissenbaum and Laura Kurtzman in the San Jose Mercury Dan Smith in the Sacramento Bee — 3/2/02