Posted on 11/02/2010 8:53:55 AM PDT by Sneakyuser
Just in case you have some questions about where progerssive groups stand on the candidates: Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Barbara Boxer, Kamala Harris, John Chiang, Debra Bowen, Tom Torlakson, Bill Lockyer, Jerome Horton and propositions... http://www.couragecampaign.org/2010ProgressiveVoterGuide is one guide and a slightly different one is below:
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Just in case you have some questions about where progerssive groups stand on the candidates: Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Barbara Boxer, Kamala Harris, John Chiang, Debra Bowen, Tom Torlakson, Bill Lockyer, Jerome Horton and propositions...
http://www.couragecampaign.org/2010ProgressiveVoterGuide is one guide and a slightly different one is below:
CA NOVEMBER 2nd BALLOT PROPOSITIONS Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles' Quick Reference Guide
Prop 19 (marijuana legalization) - YES Prop 20 (congressional redistricting) - NO Prop 21 (vehicle license surcharge for parks) - YES Prop 22 (protection of local govt. funds) - YES Prop 23 (suspension of air pollution control) - NO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! Prop 24 (repeals lower corporate taxes) - YES Prop 25 (majority vote for state budget) - YES Prop 26 (2/3rds vote for levies/charges) - NO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! Prop 27 (repeals redistricting commission) - YES
To download the Sec. of State's Voter Information Guide, visit
www.sos.ca.gov, or call 800-345-VOTE (8683) to order one.
Details on each ballot proposition below:
PROPOSITION 19 -- MARIJUANA -- Allows people 21 or older to possess, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use, subject to regulation and taxation. Prohibits use in public or when minors are present.
Prohibits providing marijuana to anyone under 21. Major funding support ($1.2 million) provided by S. K. Seymour, LLC (a medical cannabis provider), and Oaksterdam University.
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Stops wasting taxpayer dollars on failed marijuana prohibition which disproportionately impacts communities of color; weakens drug cartels.
PROPOSITION 20 -- CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING -- Transfers authority for redistricting congressional districts from the Legislature to the Citizens Redistricting Commission. The Commission, which was established by Proposition 11 (2008), already has redistricting authority for legislative seats and the board of equalization. Major funding support ($3 million) provided by Charles T. Munger, Jr., a physicist whose father, billionaire Charles T. Munger, is vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
Rationale for our NO recommendation: Removes accountability for redistricting from the electorate to a bureaucratic commission, a Republican effort to seize 55 electoral votes.
PROPOSITION 21 -- SURCHARGE FOR PARKS -- Establishes $18 annual state vehicle license surcharge to be used solely to operate, maintain, and repair the state park system, and protect wildlife and natural resources. Grants free admission to all state parks to vehicles paying the surcharge. Exempts commercial vehicles, trailers, and trailer coaches. Major funding support provided by Sempervirens Fund (redwoods protection group), Peninsula Open Space Trust, Conservation Action Fund, Save the Redwoods League, National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, California State Parks Foundation, and Wildlands Support Fund.
Rationale for our YES position: Surcharge revenue will be used to fund state parks that are under the budget axe.
PROPOSITION 22 -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- Prohibits state from shifting, taking, borrowing, or restricting use of revenues dedicated to local government services, community redevelopment projects, and transportation projects and services. Prohibits the state from delaying distribution of tax revenues for these purposes. Major funding support provided by League of California Cities and California Alliance for Jobs (a group including Associated General Contractors, Operating Engineers, Carpenters Union, and Association of Engineering Construction Employers).
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Protects local services: 911 emergency response, police, fire, libraries,transit, road repairs.
PROPOSITION 23 -- SUSPENSION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS -- Suspends the state's greenhouse gas reduction law until California's unemployment rate has been 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters. Suspends requirements for increased renewable energy and cleaner fuel, as well as mandatory emission reporting and fee requirements for major polluters such as power plants and oil refineries. Major funding support provided by Valero (a Texas-based oil refiner and wholesaler), Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, World Oil Corp., Tower Energy Group, Tesoro Companies, Southern Counties Oil Co., and Jaco Oil Co.
Rationale for our NO recommendation: Preserves California's clean air and water laws; will save a million jobs.
PROPOSITION 24 -- CORPORATE TAXES -- Repeals recent legislation which lowered corporate taxes by allowing businesses to shift operating losses to prior tax years; expanding the time in which losses can be shifted; allowing businesses to share tax credits with affiliated corporations; and allowing multi-state companies to use a sales-based income calculation rather than one based on property, payroll, and sales. Major funding support provided by California Teachers Association ($2.2 million). Major opposition funding provided by Fox Group, Time Warner, CBS, General Electric, Cisco Systems, Amgen, Walt Disney Company, and Genentech, Inc.
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Stops $1.7 billion in new special tax breaks for wealthy multi-state corporations.
PROPOSITION 25 -- MAJORITY VOTE FOR STATE BUDGET -- Lowers the legislative vote required for adopting a state budget from two-thirds to a simple majority. Major funding support provided by California Federation of
Teachers, AFSCME, California School Employees Association, California Faculty Association, and California Professional Firefighters. Major opposition funding provided by California Chamber of ommerce, The Wine Institute, MillerCoors, California Beer & Beverage Distributors, Crown Imports LLC, and ConocoPhillips.
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Reforms California's broken state budget process; prevents Republicans, the minority, from holding Democrats, the majority, hostage by refusing to pass a budget or tax the oil companies.
PROPOSITION 26 -- TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR LEVIES AND CHARGES -- Increases to two-thirds, from a simple majority, the vote required for the Legislature to adopt state levies and charges, with limited exceptions. Requires two-thirds vote of the public for local levies and charges, with limited exceptions. Proponent: Allan Zaremberg, president of California Chamber of Commerce.
Rationale for our NO recommendation: Makes it harder for California to climb out of debt because fees and charges not currently considered taxes would be redefined as taxes, requiring a 2/3rds vote of the legislature.
PROPOSITION 27 -- REPEAL OF REDISTRICTING COMMISSION -- Eliminates the Citizens Redistricting Commission that was established by Proposition 11 (2008), and returns the job of drawing state legislative and board of equalization districts to the Legislature. Proponent: Daniel H. Lowenstein, UCLA professor of law, former chairman of California Fair Political Practices Commission.
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Stop the Republican power grab; save taxpayer money; return the responsibility to the state legislature.
Reads like a parade of losers and imbeciles. And their recommendations on the ballot props couldn’t be more lame-brained.
Voting Guide for certified Moonbats bump for later.......
My favorite:
“PROPOSITION 19 — MARIJUANA — Allows people 21 or older to possess, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use, subject to regulation and taxation. Prohibits use in public or when minors are present.
Prohibits providing marijuana to anyone under 21. Major funding support ($1.2 million) provided by S. K. Seymour, LLC (a medical cannabis provider), and Oaksterdam University.
Rationale for our YES recommendation: Stops wasting taxpayer dollars on failed marijuana prohibition which disproportionately impacts communities of color; weakens drug cartels. “
Disportionately impacts communities of Color. What a RACIST LOAD of crap. And weakens drug cartels ? The grammar of this states that they are FOR the cartels !
Democrats are the racist ones. Truly. Always have been.
I reviewed all the candidates and issues yesterday, checked McClintock's and DeVore's recommendations and after I was done, checked the San Francisco Chronicle's (DimRat Paper) as a triple check; any items that matched got a second look --- all is well.
Fox is on the tube and I'm scheduled to vote before noon.
Popcorn later this afternoon. Life is good.
I was a bit shocked (I know I shouldn’t be) when I used the Bing search engine and typed in “Washington Secretary of State elections” and the top result highlighted in blue was a link for www.progressvotersguide.org. I know a lot of us have problems with Google, but I don’t think Bing (Microshaft) is any better.
I'll take that back. These retards would go beyond the 100% mark and spend borrowed money.
The perfect idiot storm of destroying the state in order to save it!
You don’t need to slog through all that dry reading material to know how Progressives will vote. Just cruise over the Communist Party USA website and see what they advocate. They are one and the same.
And don’t forget to click the ‘I’m an idiot’ box when voting for these nutjobs. I’m sure their banquets are like the bar scene in Star Wars.
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