Proposition 84 was written by a Sacramento lobbyist whose clients are land preservation and environmental groups that stand to win public money for pet projects through the measure..
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FRom 2002
Joe Caves and a $3.46 billion bond measure to buy coastal lands and improve water quality has landed on the statewide ballot for November amid criticism that it is skewed toward environmental priorities and projects in Southern California.
http://www.cdfa.net/cdfa/press.nsf/pages/367
Democrats or Republicans - they are BOTH reckless with MY money.
Milton Friedman was correct. We should constantly seek to SHRINK the size and influence of government.
In CA, it is worse than usual. The grand illusions of socialism mask the pet projects of environmentalists, teacher's union, illegal immigration supporters, etc.
Remember the great line in "Clear and Present Danger" where the Colombian drug line is screaming "Its my money!" That is what we should ALL feel like.
Anyone has a clip of that?>
- William Z. Foster, National Chairman of the Communist Party,
restating point one of the Communist Manifesto in 1932,
“The abolition of private property.”
Joe Caves, Union of Concerned Scientists
Joe Caves, a long-time environmental lobbyist in Sacramento
Joe Caves, a principal with Conservation Strategy Group
Joe Caves, a legislative advocate for The Nature Conservancy
Joe Caves, lobbyist for the Planning and Conservation League
Joe Caves, an Audubon consultant