Could some of you politico types explain to me how you are voting on election day? I have heard my friends say that they're voting yes on two props but I don't know which ones.
Thanks to the California Teachers Ass. who not only calls my house, stops by my house, and fills my work and home mailboxes, I am 100% positive you should vote NO on props 74&76.
I am going to vote no on all of them except for the last two. Prop 78 is the drug companies' prescription discount initiative and it sucks.
Here's a quick run down of them:
Prop 73 - Parental Notification InitiativeWould amend the state constitution and require that physicians notify a minor's parent prior to providing an abortion.
BREW Prop 74 - "Punish New Teachers Act" New teachers would serve a 5 year probationary period rather than the current 2 years and would lose the right to a fair hearing on their dismissal after 5 years.
Prop 75 - "Paycheck Deception Act" Would prohibit public employee labor unions from using dues or fees for political contributions unless their members provide written consent. However, stockholders in corporations are subjected to the same types of regulation.
Prop 76 - "Cut School Funding" Would give the Governor the power to ignore Prop 98 - a voter approved minimum funding levels for schools, and cut health and human services, police, fire, and other services with legislative checks and balances.
Prop 77 - Redistricting Initiative Amends state Constitution's process for redistricting California's Senate, Assembly, Congressional, and Board of Equalization districts. Requires 3 member panel of retired judges selected by legislative leaders.
Prop 78 - Drug Companie Inititative Sponsored by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, etc. Would allow them to enter voluntary prescription drug discount programs, but does nothing to mandate that they participate. They have spent a record 72 million on this campaign and on fighting against Prop 79.
Prop 79 - Cheaper Drugs for More Californians Act Allows the state to use its purchasing power to make drug companies offer discounts.
Prop 80 - Regulation of Electric Service Providers Subjects electric service providers to regulation by CA PUC. Requires all retail electric sellers to increase renewable energy resource procurement by 2010.
I think that, as a revolt against the governor's insistence that we vote on every damn bit of business that gets done on the state level, you should vote no on everything. It's like a meta-referendum on the whole special election process.
There is some important typos in the above!!! Sorry! BREW
Prop 75 Stockholders in corporations are NOT subjected to the same regulation!
Prop 76 Would give the Governor the power to ignore Prop 98 - a voter approved minimum funding levels for schools, and cut health and human services, police, fire, and other services WITHOUT legislative checks and balances.
as long as you don't exceed the typos per post ratio's I have established, then you are doing fine.
charles
ps. Honestly I read thru your original post and didn't even noitce there were words missing. I had to go back and check it out. So for that one post you were speaking ym language! HA!
Becky, no on everything except the redistricting. But of course, that's up to you. I'm also not opposed to parental notification. I'd personally want to know about any invasive surgery on my kid, but I understand that some people a freaky about abortion, so until that's fixed, it should be a "no" to protect patient privacy of all the promiscuous 13 year olds out there.
Prop 77 should be YES. People are so anti-Arnold they're letting one of his good props go downhill.
Prop 77 creates a non-partisan redistricting process in California. If it catches on here, it might catch on in some really fucked up states like Florida. Texas is already too far gone thanks to DeLay.
All "no" except for the last three, which I'm not sure about, but I'm no politico, just some dude who listens to 1240 AM.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the California Teachers Ass. who not only calls my house, stops by my house, and fills my work and home mailboxes, I am 100% positive you should vote NO on props 74&76.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much,
Miss Baldwin
I am going to vote no on all of them except for the last two.
ReplyDeleteProp 78 is the drug companies' prescription discount initiative and it sucks.
Here's a quick run down of them:
Prop 73 - Parental Notification InitiativeWould amend the state constitution and require that physicians notify a minor's parent prior to providing an abortion.
BREW
Prop 74 - "Punish New Teachers Act"
New teachers would serve a 5 year probationary period rather than the current 2 years and would lose the right to a fair hearing on their dismissal after 5 years.
Prop 75 - "Paycheck Deception Act"
Would prohibit public employee labor unions from using dues or fees for political contributions unless their members provide written consent. However, stockholders in corporations are subjected to the same types of regulation.
Prop 76 - "Cut School Funding"
Would give the Governor the power to ignore Prop 98 - a voter approved minimum funding levels for schools, and cut health and human services, police, fire, and other services with legislative checks and balances.
Prop 77 - Redistricting Initiative
Amends state Constitution's process for redistricting California's Senate, Assembly, Congressional, and Board of Equalization districts. Requires 3 member panel of retired judges selected by legislative leaders.
Prop 78 - Drug Companie Inititative
Sponsored by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, etc. Would allow them to enter voluntary prescription drug discount programs, but does nothing to mandate that they participate. They have spent a record 72 million on this campaign and on fighting against Prop 79.
Prop 79 - Cheaper Drugs for More Californians Act
Allows the state to use its purchasing power to make drug companies offer discounts.
Prop 80 - Regulation of Electric Service Providers
Subjects electric service providers to regulation by CA PUC. Requires all retail electric sellers to increase renewable energy resource procurement by 2010.
I think that, as a revolt against the governor's insistence that we vote on every damn bit of business that gets done on the state level, you should vote no on everything. It's like a meta-referendum on the whole special election process.
ReplyDeleteThere is some important typos in the above!!! Sorry! BREW
ReplyDeleteProp 75
Stockholders in corporations are NOT subjected to the same regulation!
Prop 76
Would give the Governor the power to ignore Prop 98 - a voter approved minimum funding levels for schools, and cut health and human services, police, fire, and other services WITHOUT legislative checks and balances.
Voting NO on Prop 79 is exactly what the drug companies want you to do!!!!
ReplyDeleteBREW
I really can spell and write, although my numerous typos in all of my posts make it appear that I have problems.
ReplyDeletebrew
YES only on 79, then NO out the door.
ReplyDeleteBrew,
ReplyDeleteas long as you don't exceed the typos per post ratio's I have established, then you are doing fine.
charles
ps. Honestly I read thru your original post and didn't even noitce there were words missing. I had to go back and check it out. So for that one post you were speaking ym language! HA!
Becky, no on everything except the redistricting. But of course, that's up to you. I'm also not opposed to parental notification. I'd personally want to know about any invasive surgery on my kid, but I understand that some people a freaky about abortion, so until that's fixed, it should be a "no" to protect patient privacy of all the promiscuous 13 year olds out there.
ReplyDelete~Amelie
Prop 77 should be YES. People are so anti-Arnold they're letting one of his good props go downhill.
ReplyDeleteProp 77 creates a non-partisan redistricting process in California. If it catches on here, it might catch on in some really fucked up states like Florida. Texas is already too far gone thanks to DeLay.
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