Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Special Election In California - VOTE TODAY!
We are have a special propositions only election here in California today. This is vital stuff. The governor has put a number of proposition on the ballot as a means of circumventing a rather uncooperative legislature, one that simply fails to see the genuine problems in the state.
As with most propositions out here it is a bit like trying to swat a fly with a sledgehammer, but frankly, we have no choice. The best breif analysis of propositions and rcommendations on how to vote that I agree with is at Hedgehog Blog. Here's the Blogotional supershort version
There was a time when California was the engine that drove this country. That role has recently been largely supplanted by Texas. We cannot let California waste away. Vote today and vote smart.
As with most propositions out here it is a bit like trying to swat a fly with a sledgehammer, but frankly, we have no choice. The best breif analysis of propositions and rcommendations on how to vote that I agree with is at Hedgehog Blog. Here's the Blogotional supershort version
- Prop 73 -- yes
- Prop 74 -- yes
- Prop 75 -- yes
- Prop 76 -- yes
- Prop 77 -- yes
- Prop 78 -- no
- Prop 79 -- no
- Prop 80 -- no
To illustrate how important this election is, consider this from the NYTimes
A growing number of people are leaving California after a decade of soaring home prices, according to separate data from the Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service and the state's finance department.Housing prices are, as the article contends, an issue, but consider what that says about the state. While I welcome legal immigrants they come looking for jobs - they don't make them. People that make jobs are leaving for more than just housing prices, they are leaving becasue they can cash out on housing and continue to make money at a similar pace elsewhere. Being productive in California has become as difficult as it has in much of Europe and we have seen what is happening there.
Last year, a half million people left California for other parts of the United States, while fewer than 400,000 Americans moved there. The net outflow has risen fivefold, to more than 100,000, since 2001, an analysis by Economy.com, a research company, shows, although immigration from other countries and births have kept the state's population growing.
There was a time when California was the engine that drove this country. That role has recently been largely supplanted by Texas. We cannot let California waste away. Vote today and vote smart.
