Posted on 11/03/2010 7:43:41 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
California voters appear to have migrated to Fantasyland, at least when they entered the voting booth yesterday. Electing Jerry Brown, who more than anyone else, wrecked the state government by allowing unionized state employees to donate to politicians and strike -- thereby triggering the fiscal meltdown -- and who was an ineffectual mayor of Oakland, is insane. Inflicting the vile Barbara Boxer on the Senate and the nation ought to be grounds for litigation from the other 49 states.
Voter initiatives were a mixed bag. Prop 19, legalizing marijuana was shot down by the voters, and a redistricting commission, supposedly intended to take gerrymandering out of the hands of politicians, passed. This covers both state and congressional districts, and could negatively impact the Democrats in the Congressional delegation.
But two other propositions more or less sealed the economic doom of the Golden State -- which ought now to be called the Brown State. The state legislature will no longer require a 2/3 majority to pass a budget, thanks to Prop. 25. A simple majority will suffice, which could unleash a torrent of spending and taxation under the Democrats. Jerry Brown has promised to take any tax increases to the voters, but he also admitted that a previous campaign for governor was based on "lies."
Even worse, in my eyes, Prop 23, which would have suspended that state's draconian carbon emissions regulations, was voted down by a large margin, based on a campaign slogan, "Say no to Texas oil." The coming regulations will strangle the local economy. Small businesses will face huge expenses, not to mention larger scale industrial facilities, which will simply have to downsize or close. This is economiuc suicide, imposed to fight an imaginary problem. The only beneficiary will be U-Haul, which will rent trailers to productive Californians fleeing the economic wasteland being imposed by state government.
One very bright spot: AT contributor Dr. Linda Halderman, who wrote in AT about her campaign for the legislature in California, won big last night (2 to 1!). She will become one of the leading lights of the legislature. Unfortunately, she will be in the minority.
Sadly these types of people are infesting the whole country, not just California.
You guys are soooo screwed. Governor Moonbeam.
I’m not really surprised that Boxer and Brown took it. It just makes me sick. This state is locked down by unions and people sucking on the government tit.
The stunning results of the House races are the only thing keeping my breakfast down.
Kamala Harris is going to be AG. The police ought to be really pissed about that, but they’re union, so maybe not.
Aspiring cop killers statewide just heaved a sigh of relief.
How do conservatives reconcile their differences with their families when every last one of their relatives is a demorat?
Not all of us voted for these fools,Same here the union owned trained monkey (Brown) will repay them ASAP and the bone heads will see tax increases and more Mexicans and the stoned and stupid will think they got a good deal.
Not Georgia...
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/georgia-election-gop-rides-714415.html
It’s worse then that however a Banana Slug could have won last night but my Garlic is doing really good. I’m hearing Colorado did almost as bad?
When is the last audit of the FED that you saw?
>No California or New York bailout. <
And, let’s hope, no more pork for WVa. I’m sick to death of seeing so much more of everyone else’s tax money being spent on that bunch of union jerks.
Hopefully, with the demise of “Big Daddy” Byrd, the gravy train will have ended.
WRONG!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!!!
Yea, we got governor Chickenlooper. One of the illegal immigrants hired at his restaraunt killed a cop and yet he ran Denver as mayor as a sanctuary city. Looks like the Senate race between Buck and Bennet had extra ballots found in Boulder and Denver to give a slim victory to the ‘RAT Bennet. Sounds like vote fraud.
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