Posted on 10/20/2005 7:48:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will answer questions about his special election initiatives during a voter forum Monday night in Walnut Creek. The Contra Costa Times newspaper and KTVU Channel 2 News are sponsoring the event.
DATE: Monday, Oct. 24 TIME: 6 p.m.
HOSTED BY: KTVU Channel 2 News of Oakland and the Contra Costa Times of Walnut Creek.
AIRS ON: KTVU Channel 2 and KQED-FM radio, both in the San Francisco Bay area. The program also will be webcast live on http://www.ktvu.com and the Contra Costa Times website, http://www.cctimes.com
DURATION: 90 minutes, to be broadcast live and commercial-free.
LOCATION: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek.
FORMAT: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a separate Democratic panel will answer voter questions about Schwarzenegger's four "year of reform" ballot initiatives. Two opponents of the initiatives - Senate Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Rose Ann DeMoro of the California Nurses Association - will appear in the first half of the program; Schwarzenegger will appear in the second half.
AUDIENCE: 250 total, including several potential questioners identified by Nichols Research, an independent survey research firm. The two news organizations are overseeing final selection of audience members and questions.
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"FORMAT: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a separate Democratic panel will answer voter questions about Schwarzenegger's four "year of reform" ballot initiatives. Two opponents of the initiatives - Senate Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Rose Ann DeMoro of the California Nurses Association - will appear in the first half of the program; Schwarzenegger will appear in the second half. "
Dean to Calif.: Reject 'Right Wing' Schwarzenegger's Reforms
DNC boss and provocateur extraordinaire Howard Dean is urging Californians to set an example for the rest of the country and reject what he calls corrupt right wing politics by way of defeating Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives on Nov. 8th.
Here's some info to add to this discussion.
Voting recommendations from Tom McClintock
#73 – YES
#74 – YES
#75 – YES
#76 – YES
#77 – YES
#78 – NO
#79 – NO
#80 – NO
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.
Here's some info to add to this discussion.
Voting recommendations from Tom McClintock
#73 – YES
#74 – YES
#75 – YES
#76 – YES
#77 – YES
#78 – NO
#79 – NO
#80 – NO
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.
You left out the indies. ;-)
Having Don "Dean" PeRATa argue for the Cons seems fitting, somehow.
I hope we get the FBI probe report on PeRATaGate back soon.
Have you seen any similar programs scheduled in SoCal yet?
The one here in the Bay Area is available via webcast for any interested in following this voter forumk online but out of the viewing area.
Thanks.
I don't know anything about any other debate.
But here is more info about this one:
Schwarzenegger to take voter questions in televised forum
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/20/state/n174836D98.DTL
Because the forum will be broadcast only in the heavily Democratic Bay area, its ability to sway voters Schwarzenegger's way is unclear.
Todd Harris, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger's California Recovery Team, said campaign officials are negotiating with stations in other parts of the state to air similar programs, but none had come together yet.
"Whether it will happen before the election, I can't say," Harris said.
We'll need to run a Live thread and be on our good behavior. ;-)
Will my little 786 down, DSL connection give me more than a one inch square picture?
It should be OK for a web cast, you need Real Player or Windows Media Player.. or just go to a local library or internet cafe and bum a ride on a system there.
I use a laptop 100% of the time here., running comcast cable and wireless.. how we ever survived without them before, I'll never know.
You're welcome. Tom sent me an email and I figured it would come in handy.
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