My Super Tuesday Ballot [Bumped for primary day]
By Neil Stevens Posted in 2008 | California | Community Colleges | Fred Thompson | Indian Casinos | Infrastructure | taxes — Comments (20) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Yesterday my ballot came in the mail for California's primary election on Super Tuesday, February 5.
Unlike the November 2006 ballot which was just huge, this one is pretty small. One office, and 7 initiatives (well, effectively four since four of them are nearly identical).
Here are my choices and recommendations from top to bottom, and why:
President: Fred Thompson. I think he's the candidate who best can heal the fractures starting to come up in our party, and is the candidate who can best get us on the Golden Path that Ronald Reagan set out for us.
Proposition 91: No. Prop. 91 would restrict gas taxes from being used for anything but roads and other special transportation uses. Our budget simply cannot handle any more such special restrictions though, as the ones already in effect (like the school mandate) already contribute to our perennial budget crises.
Proposition 92: No. We don't need to subsidize community colleges even more than we already do, sorry, and that's exactly what capping unit costs would amount to us doing.
Proposition 93: No. I oppose term limits, but Prop. 93 doesn't end them. It merely reduces the musical-chairs effect of the existing term limits, and grants a reset on term limits for those already in office. That's dishonest and reason enough to vote against this as it is.
Proposition 94: No. Governor Schwarzenegger has negotiated a change to the gambling compact with the Pechanga indians. He wants to let them increase their government monopoly on gambling, and split the profits with them to help cover for his out of control spending. It's better than tax and spend, but I don't want to encourage spending.
Proposition 95: No. See 94, only for the Morongos.
Proposition 96: No. See 94, only for the Sycuans.
Proposition 97: No. See 94, only for the Agua Calientes.
Neil
I'm going to disagree with you on 91, I like laws that keep the assembly's hands off of things like specific tax dollars raised through the gas pump. they should only be used for transportation, not supporting the illegal alien population in Ca.
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The backers of prop 91 are now saying to vote NO -- that this prop is not needed. Here’s what they wrote in the Ca voters guide(pdf)
in the Arguments section of the guide (I have it right in front of me) it says the following:
Pro - Prop 91 is no longer needed. Please Vote NO. Voters passed prop 1A in 2006, accomplishing what prop 91 set out to do.
Con - No argument against prop 91 was submitted.
Backers now urge voting against Prop. 91
Years ago, some political wag mocked California's initiative system with bumper stickers reading: "Yes on No" and "No on Yes." Those bumper stickers would come in handy for the campaigns over Proposition 91, which would prohibit state gasoline taxes from being used for purposes other than transportation.
A pair of transportation industry groups, the California Alliance for Jobs and Transportation California, collected signatures in 2006 and qualified the measure for the ballot. But in their argument in favor of the initiative, which appears on the Feb. 5 ballot, they write: "Vote no on Proposition 91. It's no longer needed."
No argument against the initiative is included in the voters guide. The only advocate for the measure is a small transit advocacy group from Southern California.
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Steve
I have not been following that close, but is this tied in with the idiots from the State Engineers Union trying to keep State construction jobs? The old set aside a percentage of jobs that must only be done by State of California PE's?
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Proud member of the Barry Goldwater wing of the party !
and the success of such initiatives in CA over the years proves that legislators aren't the only ones who like earmarked spending.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
One area where conservatives and libertarians are doing wonderful new media work is with the development of Ballotpedia.
Check out their articles on:
Proposition 93 and the Tribal gaming compacts.
Those tribes are really raking it in--and pouring tons of money into the four referenda where their right to add 17,000 new slot machines to their casinos is at stake.
Obama
Proposition 91: No..
Proposition 92: No.
Proposition 93: No.
Proposition 94: Yes.
Proposition 95: Yes.
Proposition 96: Yes.
Proposition 97: Yes.
Proposition S: No.
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"If we want to take this party back, and I think we can someday, let’s get to work." – Barry Goldwater
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"If we want to take this party back, and I think we can someday, let’s get to work." – Barry Goldwater
Honestly, even back then I considered this more of a symbolic vote than an actual one, though technically his candidacy was still alive and well, so I could justify it :-)
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Peter Robinson, author of the book and the man who wrote the "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall" line in Reagan's speech is supporting McCain. Me, too, and for the same reasons.
You can't afford the price of free corn.
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President: Romney
91: No; I hate earmarks
92: No; I generally oppose administrivia propositions
93: No; I hate fake term limits
94-97: Yes; not a big fan of gambling, but it's better than raising taxes, and this is California.
The State party (such as it is) has:
PROP 91: TRANSPORTATION FUNDS – NO POSITION
PROP 92:COMMUNITY COLLEGES. FUNDING - OPPOSED
PROP 93:LIMITS ON LEGISLATORS’ TERMS IN OFFICE - OPPOSED
Props 94-97 - SUPPORT
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