[P-Marlowe]

Bump.

[BigEdLB]

LOL - I am glad McClintock agrees with me on all these... This is how I am voting...

[El Cid]

Thanks for the post.
I wanted to vote Yes on Proposition 19 - but I didn't realize that this Proposition included the statement "“no person shall be … discriminated against or denied any right or privilege” for pot use".
That's just wrong. I'd love to see the free market drive the drug prices to pennies on a dollar - but users of narcotics should give up a large amount of rights and privileges as opposed to those that maintain a sober lifestyle. This Proposition apparently says otherwise ...

[sheana]

Bump for later. Thanks

[Carry_Okie]

I hope Tom gets some choice committee assignments when the Pubbies take over Congress. He deserves it.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

And to think that the GOP backed Ahnold Schwarzentaxxer over Tom McClintock for Governor.

[CounterCounterCulture]

For comparison:

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore’s statewide ballot proposition recommendations

Prop 22 is the only difference.

[californianmom]

I agree with him on everything except the $18 for the state parks. My ‘surcharged vehicle’ will then get free entry to the state parks. I view that as much cheaper than paying for a yearly pass. My local state park costs $12 per visit. So I save money on this with just two visits.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for posting that,...just sent it to my daughter.

[calcowgirl]

PING!

Dusting off the McClintock ping list for any of you Californians that haven’t voted yet.

[DoughtyOne]

Twenty sound pretty good until you remember what it looks like on the C-Span call-in line.

Democrats call in and support Democrats.

Republicans call in and support Republicans.

People claiming not to be from either party call in and support Democrats by 85% or more.

With the California Legislature in control in California, how can I trust that this commission won’t be packed with people who are friendly to the majority party?

How is this really going to change things? I remain unconvinced. What we have now isn’t working either. That’s for damned sure.

What I fear is something similar to what the schools do every five years or so. They announce that they ARE STILL FAILING to teach our kids, and come up with another idea that is assured of failure.

Is this plan assured of failure? I am almost convinced it is.

If someone has something convincing to explain to me on the subject, I’d love to hear it. I’d like to be able to support it.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you for the resource.

[Lancey Howard]

Prop 25: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire. NO. This changes the 2/3 vote requirement for the state budget to a simple majority – a reform I have long supported. Experience has shown that the current 2/3 vote requirement for the budget does not restrain spending and it utterly blurs accountability. But such a reform MUST repair the 2/3 vote requirement for all tax increases and restore constitutional spending and borrowing limits. Without these provisions, Prop. 25 would be a disaster for taxpayers and a recipe for bankruptcy.

I have to admit, Tom's commentary surprised me. This is such an obvious "NO! HELL NO!!" vote, I was surprised to see any commentary at all. But to read that Tom actually supports abandoning the 2/3 provision as long as certain conditions ("restore constitutional spending and borrowing limits") are met, floored me. McClintock has been around long enough to know that such "limits" would be disposed of faster than snotty Kleenex tissues, but the annual tax hikes would go on forever.

Tom's commentary is ridiculous, even though his vote recommendation is (obviously) correct.

[nickcarraway]

I used to use McClintock's guidelines for propositions, but a few years ago he endorsed a real bad one. And from his response, he knew it was bad, he just gave up.

And this year he endorsed a radical left-winger for governor.

[Aurorales]

Bookmarked

[hedgetrimmer]

Bump

[stuartcr]

No one is discriminated against or denied any right or privilege for alcohol use, are they?

[newzjunkey]

My votes were cast a few weeks back.

Comparing, I agreed with McClintock on all except Prop 26, the 2/3rds approval on “fees.” I had a different reading of it then he does.