Posted on 10/24/2006 3:25:41 PM PDT by SmithL
Like the surprise ending to a long, dreary novel, Proposition 90 sits at the very end of this fall's crowded California ballot, a subtle plot twist that seems out of place among the more obvious turns that precede it.
But take notice. This unassuming proposal is the most important question voters will confront on Nov. 7.
Polls show that few voters know what Proposition 90 is about, much less understand its significance. No wonder, given that relatively little money has been spent so far communicating messages for and against the initiative.
And unlike some of the other measures on the ballot, Proposition 90 comes with no easily identifiable target, such as the tobacco industry or the oil companies.
The proposal's promoters are selling it as a reform of eminent domain, the process governments everywhere use to force the sale of private property for public purposes. But it is much more than that. It is a sweeping change in the state constitution that could potentially affect just about every new state or local government regulation adopted in the future.
The part of Proposition 90 that deals with eminent domain is simple enough. It would limit the use of eminent domain to sales needed for a specific public use, such as a road or a school, or to remove a narrowly defined nuisance, such as an abandoned home or business that has become a danger to the community.
Proposition 90 would prohibit government from forcing the sale of private property and then selling that property to another owner for private use. Government would have to retain ownership of any property it took through eminent domain, and if it later decided to sell the property, the original owner would have first call on buying it back.
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Thanks for that HTML hint--I'm not very good at HTML beyond a few bits & pieces. I know about the HTML sandbox, but always forget my pale and shovel...
I assume this is the same Ken Willis as:Corporation LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS INC. Number: C1716869 Date Filed: 12/18/1992 Status: active Jurisdiction: California Address 99 C STREET SUITE 209 UPLAND, CA 91786 Agent for Service of Process KEN WILLIS 99 C STREET SUITE 209 UPLAND, CA 91786
KEN WILLIS CONSTRUCTION INC P O BOX 121 BIG BEAR CITY, CA 92314-0121 Business Phone Number: (909) 585-3224 Entity: Corporation Issue Date: 02/26/1991 Expire Date: 02/28/2007 Corporation KEN WILLIS CONSTRUCTION, INC. Number: C1360108 Date Filed: 12/13/1985 Status: active Jurisdiction: California Address PO BOX 121 BIG BEAR CITY, CA 92314 Agent for Service of Process KENNETH D WILLIS 1001 VAN DUSEN CANYON RD BIG BEAR CITY, CA 92314
Excellent list. Did you see League of California Homeowners on it at <$10,000?
I agree.
Absolute scum.
I came to the same conclusion.
Very misleading and a trap for the unwary viewer who may feel the name denotes a pro-property owner organization. Nothing could be further from the truth.
What do you think of 1A (transportation budget protection), 83 (Jessica's Law), and 85 (parental notification prior to a daughter's abortion)?
Other than 90, those are the ones I'm voting yes on.
I know about the HTML sandbox, but always forget my pale and shovel.
Take two (pink and black) large, felt tip pens and write this on the wall next to the monitor.
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Thanks.
Not needed. I simply forgot a very basic tag: </sarcasm>
Please accept my apology. Sorry.
Here's what I used as a memory aid before the tags became automatic:
I entered four, often used tags (hyper-link, image link, font size and font color) into a Word document, saved it as HTML and entered a shortcut to the HTML document on the Quick Launch bar. When I visited FR, I opened the HTML document and left it open on the Task bar when blogging. When I needed a tag, it was a simple copy and paste of the appropriate tag, from that Word document into the Your Reply window, and then a second, quick copy and past from the source URL into the already pasted tag in the Your Reply window.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
• NO on 90, Conservationists For Taxpayer Protection, A Sponsored Committee Of The California League Of Conservation Voters
• NO on 90, Californians Against The Taxpayers Trap, A Committee Of Taxpayers, Educators, Business, Environmentalists, Local Government And Public Safety
| CONSERVATIONISTS Committee | . |
| NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR | AMOUNT |
| CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ISSUES PAC | 250,000.00 |
| CLAIRE E. PERRY | 200,000.00 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | 168,930.00 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS | 100,000.00 |
| HERBERT M. SANDLER | 100,000.00 |
| LEADERS FOR AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT | 100,000.00 |
| KEVIN TONER | 65,000.00 |
| SAVE MOUNT DIABLO | 40,000.00 |
| NRDC ACTION FUND | 35,000.00 |
| DMB ASSOCIATES, INC. AND AFFILIATES | 30,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA PIPE TRADES COUNCIL POLITICAL FUND | 25,000.00 |
| OZZIE SILNA | 25,000.00 |
| SYCUAN BAND OF THE KUMEYAAY NATION | 25,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS IE | 20,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA TRIBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE ISSUES PAC | 20,000.00 |
| DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | 20,000.00 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE | 20,000.00 |
| LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS | 20,000.00 |
| SAVE-THE-REDWOODS LEAGUE | 20,000.00 |
| SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA | 20,000.00 |
| THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN | 20,000.00 |
| PLUMBING INDUSTRY CONSUMER PROTECTION FUND ( UNITED ASSOCIATION LOCAL NO. 159) | 15,000.00 |
| CALFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION | 10,000.00 |
| JOSEPH KOTZIN | 10,000.00 |
| LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION | 10,000.00 |
| MELVIN B. LANE | 10,000.00 |
| All other | 41,100.00 |
| Grand Total (Conservationists) | 1,420,030.00 |
| Less Amount given to "Taxpayer Trap" committee | (1,233,000.00) |
| Total Remaining (Conservationists) | 187,030.00 |
| Total "Taxpayer Trap" Committee (see next post) | 8,677,795.91 |
| GRAND TOTAL - NO on 90 (both committees) | 8,864,825.91 |
| "TAXPAYER TRAP" Committee | . |
| NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR | AMOUNT |
| LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES - NON PUBLIC FUNDS | 2,595,000.00 |
| NO ON 90, CONSERVATIONISTS FOR TAXPAYER PROTECTION | 1,233,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES - NON PUBLIC FUNDS | 650,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (NON-PUBLIC FUNDS) | 560,380.93 |
| LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CITIPAC | 540,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SECURITIES ASSOCIATION- ISSUES PAC | 400,000.00 |
| FOREST CITY RESIDENTIAL WEST, INC. | 250,000.00 |
| PG&E CORPORATION | 250,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIANS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION | 205,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOC. ISSUES PAC | 200,000.00 |
| EDISON INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES | 200,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS- ISSUES MOBILIZATION PAC | 100,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA NATIONS INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION FUND | 100,000.00 |
| HB CAPITAL RESOURCES, LTD. | 100,000.00 |
| SEMPRA ENERGY | 100,000.00 |
| A. TEICHERT & SON, INC. | 50,000.00 |
| WESTGATE PASADENA LLC/SARIS REGIS GROUP & AFFILIATED ENTITIES | 50,000.00 |
| WILLDAN GROUP, INC. | 50,000.00 |
| OLSON URBAN HOUSING | 30,000.00 |
| OVERLAND PACIFIC & CUTLER, INC. | 30,000.00 |
| AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS | 25,000.00 |
| BENY ALAGEM | 25,000.00 |
| BEST, BEST & KRIEGER, LLP | 25,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE PIPE TRADES COUNCIL PAC | 25,000.00 |
| CHEROKEE INVESTMENT PARTNERS | 25,000.00 |
| EMG LAKEWATER LLC | 25,000.00 |
| KEYSER MARSTON ASSOCIATES, INC. | 25,000.00 |
| MCDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN PC | 25,000.00 |
| PECHANGA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | 25,000.00 |
| RICHARD WATSON & GERSHON | 25,000.00 |
| RICK CARUSO | 25,000.00 |
| ROBERTSON'S READY MIX, LTD. | 25,000.00 |
| SAMUELSON & FETTER LLC | 25,000.00 |
| SAN MANUEL TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION | 25,000.00 |
| WASTE MANAGEMENT INC., & AFFILIATED ENTITIES | 25,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOC. ISSUES PAC | 20,000.00 |
| E.J. DE LA ROSA & CO., INC. | 20,000.00 |
| RBC DAIN RAUSCHER | 20,000.00 |
| STONE & YOUNGBERG, LLC | 20,000.00 |
| ALL AMERICAN ASPHALT, ALL AMERICAN AGGREGATES | 19,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION - NON PUBLIC FUNDS | 17,499.00 |
| BAY MEADOWS LAND COMPANY, LLC | 12,500.00 |
| HOLLYWOOD PARK LAND COMPANY, LLC | 12,500.00 |
| ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP, CALIFORNIA PAC | 12,000.00 |
| LEWIS PACIFIC PARTNERS | 11,061.46 |
| BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP | 10,000.00 |
| BURRTEC WASTE INDUSTRIES | 10,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ISSUES PAC | 10,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY ECONOMICS, INC. | 10,000.00 |
| CR&R INCORPORATED | 10,000.00 |
| FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT CORP.-OPERATING | 10,000.00 |
| HOPKINS REAL ESTATE GROUP | 10,000.00 |
| JONES HALL, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORP. | 10,000.00 |
| LEGACY PARTNERS RESIDENTIAL, INC. | 10,000.00 |
| LEHMAN INVESTMENT, INC. | 10,000.00 |
| MBIA MUNISERVICES CO. | 10,000.00 |
| MCLARLAND VASQUEZ EMSIEK & PARTNERS, INC. | 10,000.00 |
| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL ISSUES PAC | 10,000.00 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIPE TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL #16 | 10,000.00 |
| STIRLING AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL, LLC | 10,000.00 |
| WATT PAC, INC. | 10,000.00 |
| STRADLING, YOCCA, CARLSON & RAUTH | 9,750.00 |
| GARY LEVITT | 9,500.00 |
| REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION | 7,500.00 |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOC. | 5,000.00 |
| BANK OF THE WEST | 5,000.00 |
| BRADDOCK & LOGAN SERVICES, INC. | 5,000.00 |
| BROWN, WINFIELD & CAZONERI, INC. | 5,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA CONTRACT CITIES ASSOCIATION A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | 5,000.00 |
| CALIFORNIA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION | 5,000.00 |
| CT REALTY CORPORATION | 5,000.00 |
| DAVID H. MURDOCK/CASTLE & COOK, INC.,/DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES | 5,000.00 |
| DAVID S. TAYLOR INTERESTS, INC. | 5,000.00 |
| DUCKETT-WILSON DEVELOPMENT CO. | 5,000.00 |
| EDCO DISPOSAL CORPORATION | 5,000.00 |
| GOLDFARB & LIPMAN, LLP | 5,000.00 |
| GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. | 5,000.00 |
| GUBB & BARSHAY, LLP | 5,000.00 |
| HARRIS & ASSOCIATES | 5,000.00 |
| KB HOME | 5,000.00 |
| LABOR ORGANIZATION LOCAL NO. 467 ISSUES ACCOUNT PAC | 5,000.00 |
| LIDGARD & ASSOCIATES | 5,000.00 |
| NATIONAL PROMOTIONS & ADVERTISING | 5,000.00 |
| NOLTE ASSOCIATES, INC. | 5,000.00 |
| OLIVER, SANDIFER, MURPHY & LEE, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | 5,000.00 |
| RBF CONSULTING | 5,000.00 |
| SEIU, LOCAL 660 ISSUES & INITIATIVES FUND | 5,000.00 |
| SHORENSTEIN REALTY SERVICES LP | 5,000.00 |
| STEPHEN MECKFESSEL, INC | 5,000.00 |
| SWINERTON INC. | 5,000.00 |
| UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD | 5,000.00 |
| VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY | 5,000.00 |
| WATSON LAND COMPANY | 5,000.00 |
| YEAGER SKANSKA, INC. | 5,000.00 |
| All Other | 108104.52 |
| Grand Total - Taxpayer Trap Committee | 8,677,795.91 |
Follow the money ping!
All the usual suspects I see: developers, bureaucrats and socialists.
I know Ken Willis, and I pity anyone who has put themselves in his hands.
I'm still reading up on 1A (and all the rest of the "1s" look like "no" to me); and I'm a "yes" on 85. I'm voting absentee and hope to get my ballot off this week.
THX for your hard work and research, CCG
Who sponsored #90 and who wrote it?
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