No dissin' Jack Russell Terriers! :-)
FReegards,
Slings and Arrows
P.S. The anti-SUV bill stinks.
Posted on 07/01/2002 6:51:05 PM PDT by ZGuy
John Campbell (R) just announced on the Hugh Hewitt show that the democrats in Sacramento have pulled a fast one. Bill 1058 which has been written about on several posts originally failed. The democrats took a bill on Friday night which dealt with an unrelated subject and gutted out the language. They then inserted the exact language of 1058 and the senate passed it Friday. This (Monday) afternoon the house got the bill. The democrats had to hold a hearing and every office in the capital was available but they chose to hold the "hearings" in the smallest office in the building - the only one which had no TV cameras, no radio, no cameras, and no space for reporters or the public to attend. They then passed a vote making this bill exempt from the 3-day waiting period required by law for public input. The democrats just passed the bill in the last 45 minutes and it now goes to the governor's desk. No republicans voted for the bill in either chamber. One highlight - (Dennis?) Cardoza - the democrat running for Condit's seat voted for the bill in the central valley. He's toast.
No dissin' Jack Russell Terriers! :-)
FReegards,
Slings and Arrows
P.S. The anti-SUV bill stinks.
I remember the story of a leftist wacko leaving an Earth Day demonstration, piling into his 1970s-vintage VW beetle, cranking the car up, and driving off as the V-Dub belched a noxious cloud of exhaust.
Gun control bills only face intense opposition from gun owners. And gun manufacturers and gun shops don't have enough money to fund a referendum.
But this legislation draws opposition from many big-money sources, such as vehicle manufacturers, trucking interests, auto dealers, many unions, chambers of commerce, etc., etc. They can afford to hire the political consultants and pay for the signatures to force a referendum. All it takes is money, and they'll either pay a little now or they'll pay much more (by about three orders of magnitude) later.
By who? Some Geek from Michigan?
Pray for a big earthquake in California? Get your head out of your a$$. Your beating your gums from a state that made a total historical mockery of our presidential elections, an embarrasment that lasted weeks on national news, and place where terrorist seem to hang out in. That nasty humidity in Florida has shorted out your brain. There are 30 some million people in California, mr. nuke. You think we are all Hollywood socialist screw worms?
Remember hurricane Andrew, Chucko? We sent $100 that we really didn't have, for aid to those that were hurting in Florida. People like you that would sell off or give away or wish for harm to other American's need to be put in your place.
Run along junior before I get nasty.
WOW, my comment, "Sounds ok to me. But, then, SUVs are on my list of 'Things that don't need to be.'" seems to have hit a real sensitive nerve. 13 replies to my post. Well, 14 if you include Mad_Tom's double post.So now we come to this: you have the perfect right to drive any kind of vehicle you want. At the same time, I have the right to have a list of things I (repeat, I) think don't need to be. And, thank God, I have just as much right to have my list as you have to drive your vehicle, whatever it may be.
Here are some other things I don't think need to be:
Income redistribution schemes
Democrats (not the people specifically, but what they stand for)
Cells phone that allow you to talk on them while you're supposedly driving
Bureaucrats (any make or model)
Foreign aid
Abortions
Gun control
Any questions?
I concur, This issue is a bigger slam dunk than Prop 22(prohibiting legal unions betwix the sexually confused)
As for the timing, the window for Nov 2002 is closed, me thinks it closes 6 months before an election.
If "Gay" Davis signs AB 1493, look for an counter-prop in March -or- Nov 2004.
the new law would start biting in 2005.
Amongst others. Hey, I wouldn't want to have to face the battles y'all California conservatives and libertarians have to fight. You've got my respect, but it's kind of like the Charge of the Light Brigade out there...
That's not entirely true. I'm still researching the situation, but Article 2, Section 9(c) of the California Constitution requires that "The Secretary of State shall then submit the measure at the next general election held at least 31 days after it qualifies or at a special statewide election held prior to that general election."
So if the petitioning was really rushed (which is extra expensive), and the signatures were submitted sometime in August rather than using the entire 90 days that are allowed, there would be time for County Registrars to finish validating the signatures (on a sampling basis) by 31 days before the November 2002 election. In that case it still might appear on this year's ballot. That in turn would be very painful (in my opinion) for Governor Davis.
Urban SUV drivers are also far more likely to be card-carrying enviro-whackos of a liberal persuasion.
There might be a connection...
If cell phones are outlawed only outlaws will use cell phones. Can't have it both ways, sorry.
You think we are all Hollywood socialist screw worms?Well apparently the majority of Californians must be... otherwise why do they keep electing these liberal scumbags to office?
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