How to vote in California on June 8th.

How to vote in California on June 8th.

(I wrote this weeks ago, I guess I better get it out...)

I just read my ballot and I am fired up. I cannot believe the anti tax people. But I will get to that later.

I am registered Green so I will not go into the candidates in my primary. If you are Republican, well I heard today that Dick Cheney endorsed Meg Whitman. That is enough for me to wish I was registered Republican so I could vote against her. I was shopping at Goodwill in the mission district of San Francisco the other day and the music playing stopped and I heard a woman's voice: "I will CRACK DOWN on illegal immigrants and I will CRACK DOWN on sanctuary cities like San Francisco!!" It was an odd thing to hear, and the tone of voice was driving home fear. It was Meg Whitman. I screamed out in the Goodwill "Oh no! She's coming to crack down on us!"

State Propositions:

Prop 13: Yes, Prevent people from having an excuse not to do improvements for earthquakes

Prop 14: NO. This will eliminate 3rd parties. Top two vote getters go to the final election regardless of party. You will never get to vote for a 3rd party again. Party members should be able to select their candidate.

Prop 15: Yes: The beginning of campaign finance reform.

Prop 16: NO NO NO NO NO NO This was put up by PG$E who does not want green renewable competition! Marin, for instance, wants to provide consumers with a choice of green energy and this prop. would prevent that. It takes away the competition that capitalism is supposed to be based on.

Prop 17: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO This means that someone who helped out the world by not driving for a few years would have to pay more than someone who has continuously clogged our streets and polluted our skies. If you commuted by bike for a few years or traveled over seas or served in Iraq you should not pay more for insurance!


Well just a quick note on the anti tax people on my ballot. We are trying to pass a local parcel tax of $150 to make up some of the money that the state cut from our local schools - if it passes we hire back the teachers we fired this spring, if it fails Noah will be in a class of 30 kids with one teacher, instead of 20.

Now the Community Colleges of our County are also trying to pass a parcel tax of $34 a year to make up for their cut budgets. The argument against it cries - We pay enough tax already!!!! Give me a break - $34 a year on a parcel in one of the most richest counties in the Country. The community college is key to giving education to people who will become working tax payers. Keep them uneducated and they will make less money, require more government assistance, and pay less taxes. You get what you pay for and if you don't want to live in a 3rd world country we need to pay taxes so our government can function.