Posted on 08/24/2005 7:19:28 PM PDT by calif_reaganite
I've been getting calls about the various ballot propositions for the Special Election.
Here's how I see them:
Proposition 73: Parental Notification for Abortion. If parental consent is required for a child to use a tanning booth or get her ears pierced, shouldn’t parents at least be notified if she’s getting an abortion? YES. Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, this should be the all-time no-brainer.
Proposition 74: Teacher Tenure. Do parents have a right to expect a higher level of competence before a teacher is granted life-time tenure? YES. This modest measure simply increases the teacher probation period from two years to five years.
Proposition 75: Public Employee Union Dues. Should public employees decide for themselves which candidates they will support with their own money? YES. This measure requires that before a public employee union can take money from that employee for political donations, it has to get the employee’s permission.
Proposition 76: State Spending. Should government live within its means? YES. This measure restores the authority that the governor of California had between 1939 and 1983 to make mid-year spending cuts whenever spending outpaces revenue without having to return to the legislature.
Proposition 77: Re-districting. Should voters choose their representatives in legislative districts that are drawn without regard to partisan advantage? YES. The most obvious conflict of interest in government is when politicians choose which voters will get to vote for them by drawing their own legislative district lines. This measure puts a stop to it.
Propositions 78 and 79: Prescription drug discounts. Do you want the same people who run the DMV to run your pharmacy? NO. These are rival measures, one supported by drug companies and the other by liberal activists – both of which purport to lower drug prices. What they really do is assure that one group of patients gets to pay higher prices to provide subsidized prices for others. There’s no such thing as a free Levitra.
Proposition 80. Electricity Regulation. Do you want the same people who run the DMV to run your electricity company? NO. This measure locks in monopoly control of your electricity by the bureaucratized utilities and forbids you from ever being able to shop around for the lowest-priced electricity available.
I wish McClintock would initiate a lawsuit against the feds to get some of the NINE BILLION DOLLARS a year the federal government owes the state of CA for allowing the illegals to stay here!!!
and RINOld needs to call out the CA National Guard and place them on the border for pete sakes!!!
If you haven't yet, order your California Border Patrol petition online.
I heard Arnold on 'The Roger Hedgecock Show' this afternoon. He brought up the parental notification prop himself and said paycheck protection was a good idea.
He's focused on pushing his 3 reforms for now but as it gets closer to election time he said he'll endorse other props.
Tom is making my next trip to the polls a no-brainer. Thanks Tom Arnold, I mean Tom and Arnold.
Sorry Tom, but the last time I was promised a choice, I couldn't even by electricity at 18 cents a kw, while the City owned LA Light and power had a surplus to sell at 5 cents a kw.
I would have been nicer and more supportive of his credibility had he gone ahead and done it, letting the sniveling bastards sue and let the state's attorney's grind the litigants down for all of us, like HE SAID HE WOULD!!!
Well, I certainly see more difference in Tom, than I've ever seen between Tom Arnold and Arnold!!! That's for sure!!!
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Let your elected officials in Sacramento know how you feel about SCA 15 and ACA 22.
So that makes utility monopolies a GOOD idea?
As for the last time, if you are implying that we ever actually HAD deregulation in this state then you are dreaming. The power fiasco was caused by a bastardized set of new rules CALLED deregulation, which it was NOT.
I lived with Public Utilities since the 30's and never once ran short, except due to storms and the like.
BTTT!!!!!!!
I agree with Tom on these. Good calls...
Thanks for the post.
I'll tell you what's even more necessary than electricity and highways -- food and clothing! I don't trust those corporate Enron types with those! We need to create one big huge farm monopoly and have them submit five-year plans. Same with the department stores. We need one big chain -- lets call it Gum. They can bring in the very best products at the fairest prices. If they come up short on inventory people can just line up.
What a superb reply!!! I nominate it for "Reply of the Month" on FR!!!
I was thinking today about how the FR anti-McClintock contingent has almost completely disappeared from the forum. I was reading an old recall thread and it seems as if all but 2 or 3 of the Tom haters have opused or vanished since the recall.
I always look at McClintock's views before voting.
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