California Ballot Recommendations

Since the election is tomorrow I'm going to rerun my ballot recommendations for the voters of California (at least for those who haven't already voted by absentee ballot or early voting).  First, the major state offices:

U.S. SENATOR:  CARLY FIORINA
It's hard to imagine that Californians could be so utterly stupid as to send Barbara "Dumb-as-a-Box-of-Rocks" Boxer back to D.C. for a fourth term.    The woman's an arrogant moonbat lefty who couldn't even win an endorsement from her moonbat hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.


GOVERNOR:  MEG WHITMAN
Jerry "Moonbeam Brown has been a disaster everywhere he's gone and bringing him back to Sacramento and joining him with a liberal legislature will be the death knell for California business.  Meg knows a thing or two about running a large organization, and coming from a world where you have to make a profit, knows about budget management.

LT. GOVERNOR: None of the Above
Gavin Newsom is a liberal Democrat who flaunted the law in his job as San Francisco mayor.  Abel Maldonado sold out California and agreed to the largest tax increase in state history in order to get his appointment to Lt. Governor and a chance through the open primary to get the nomination for governor someday.  Both are detestable and frankly the job of Lt. Gov. is meaningless anyway.

SECRETARY OF STATE:  DAMON DUNN


CONTROLLER:  TONY STRICKLAND


TREASURER:  MIMI WALTERS


ATTORNEY GENERAL:  STEVE COOLEY


INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:  None of the Above


U.S. CONGRESS 42ND DISTRICT:  GARY MILLER


MISSION VIEJO CITY COUNCIL (vote for 3):  I'm going to vote for DAVE LECKNESS because he's been a long time friend of mine, and although he's a registered Democrat he's run a small business in town for over 25 years and I think he knows what businesses need to survive and thrive in this town.  My other two choices will be RHONDA REARDON and NEIL LONSINGER.


BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

PROP 19 - LEGALIZING MARIJUANA:  NO, DUDE.
Possession and use of marijuana is still a federal crime and no ballot initiative is going to change that.  If you think second hand tobacco smoke is a problem, wait until you're smelling this crap everywhere.  And who wants to hit the highway with a bunch of potheads killing their brain cells as they drive.

PROP 20 - REDISTRICTING OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS:  NO
This seems to be one man's pipedream of an initiative that will simply cost taxpayer's money, and given it's supported by the NAACP, AARP, Common Cause and the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, you know here's something fishy going on here.

PROP 21 - VEHICLE LICENSE SURCHARGE TO FUND STATE PARKS:  NO
Although my son is looking at a career in the State or Federal parks systems, this is not the way to fund it.  For one thing it raises the already very expensive costs of owning a car in California.  Secondly, this is likely to do for State parks what the lottery did for education - nothing.  Although these funds will be specifically earmarked for State parks, it will not prevent the legislature from using these funds to replace other funds that will be removed from the State parks budget.  The same thing happened with lottery funds and education.

PROP 22 - PREVENTING THE STATE FROM RAIDING LOCAL FUNDS:  YES
This is one of those initiatives where it's instructive to see who favors it and who opposes it.  It's favored by fire chiefs, police chiefs and the library association.  It's opposed by the California Teacher's Association, a firefighter's union and a nurse's union.  Enough said?

PROP 23 - SUSPENDS AB32 UNTIL UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 5.5% OR LESS:  BIG YES
AB32 is Al Gore's wet dream, a global warming law that would destroy business in California and raise the cost of just about everything we produce.  With unemployment at 12.4% the State cannot bear the impact of something as stupid as AB32.

PROP 24 - RAISES TAXES ON BUSINESS:  NO
Anytime someone calls something the "Tax Fairness Act" you have to be suspicious.  There's nothing "fair" about this.  It's just another money grab by state unions and special interest groups.

PROP 25 - MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO RAISE TAXES:  NO
This proposition has one of the most deceptive campaigns I've ever seen.  They're marketing it as a way to hold the legislature accountable by stopping their paychecks if the budget is late, but what it really does is erode the protections built into our constitution that make it difficult to pass new taxes.  The main reason our budgets are late is because of the 2/3rds majority required to pass new taxes, and that protection has saved California billions of dollars by forcing the legislature to make cuts instead of ramming new taxes down our throats.

PROP 26 - REQUIRES CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL FEES BE APPROVED BY 2/3RDS VOTE:  YES
I'm all for a 2/3rds requirement for any new state and local fees regardless of the motivation of the people behind the initiative.

PROP 27 - ELIMINATES STATE COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING:  YES
Any chance we have to eliminate State commissions should be warmly welcomed.