Date: 2008-10-27 18:44 Subject: Prop 5 Security: Public

( Prop 5-Nonviolent Drug Offenses )

Date: 2008-10-26 23:59 Subject: Prop 3 Security: Public

( Prop 3-Children's Hospital Bond Act )

Date: 2008-10-26 21:23 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

( Prop 2 - Standards for Farm Animal Confinement )

Date: 2008-10-26 15:04 Subject: Prop 1A Security: Public

Hey, folks! Well, it's time (past time, really, given how many of us vote absentee ahead of time) for me to analyze the propositions on the ballot, so YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Yep, these ballots can be tricky, so I'm once again going to read over the ballot initiatives (most from the actual initiatives, not just the blurbs in the front of the voter guide), digest them, and tell you what they really mean. Of course, THEN I'm going to give you my take, whether you want it or not. So, off we go. Since I only have a week-and-a-half to go, I'm going pack them in as fast as I can.

( Prop 1A-High Speed Rail Bond Act )

Date: 2008-08-01 17:25 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Happy Birthday, simplykimberly!

Date: 2008-07-31 18:37 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Happy Birthday, smoofy!

Date: 2007-08-05 13:11 Subject: Nicked from juverna... Security: Public

Name all 50 states in 10 minutes.

OK, I'm posting this also to brag, as I got all 50 in 7:49.

But today is the day, if any, that I allow myself a little bragging...

Date: 2006-11-06 15:11 Subject: Prop 90...LAST ONE! WOOHOO!!! Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 90 - Regulation and Government Acquisition of Private Property )

Date: 2006-11-06 13:44 Subject: Prop 89... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 89 - Public Financing of Political Campaigns )

Date: 2006-11-06 12:09 Subject: Prop 88... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Education Funding. Real Propety Parcel Tax. )

Date: 2006-11-06 11:32 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 87 - Alternative Energy. Tax On Oil Producers. )

Date: 2006-11-05 22:05 Subject: Prop 86... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 86-Tax On Cigarettes )

Date: 2006-11-05 19:08 Subject: Prop 85... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 85-Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy )

Date: 2006-11-05 18:15 Subject: Prop 84... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

( Prop 84 - Water Quality, Safety And Supply )

Date: 2006-11-05 17:45 Subject: Prop 83... Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

OK, it's been a busy and spoon-intensive couple of weeks, but I'm trying to get back on track, and I think the best way of doing that is to get back to a commitment I made, primarily to myself, to blog the propositions, referably before the election... :-,

( Prop 83-Sex Offenders; Sexually Violent Predators )

Date: 2006-10-22 15:06 Subject: Prop 1E - Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

Almost through the Ones...

( Prop 1E - Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 )

Date: 2006-10-22 12:34 Subject: Prop 1D - Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Act of 2006 Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

Trying to get caught up, want to get the "Ones" out of the way today, so on to...

( Prop 1D - Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Act of 2006 )

Date: 2006-10-22 10:42 Subject: Prop 1C - Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006 Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

OK, I'm going to admit that this one has given me pause, primarily because I know several people who are or, but for the help of friends, would be, homeless. In some ways, it makes criticizing this bond measure more difficult. In some other ways, it makes criticizing the cynical moneygrab by the Leg. and special intersts necessary to make this prop possible all to easy...

( Prop 1C - Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006 )

Date: 2006-10-20 14:50 Subject: Prop 1B-Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

This one is easy (at least for me)...

( Prop 1B-Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 )

Date: 2006-10-19 10:22 Subject: Election Time! -plus- Prop 1A-Transportation Funding Protection. Security: Public Tags: 11-06 props

Well, it looks like it's coming up on election time, again, so I'm going to try for a third striaght election season to blog on the Props. Yes, I read through the 119 page Voter's Guide, so YOU DON'T HAVE TO!

I'm going to try to prepare my own thoughts on each of the Props, at least one every day or so. My format, so's you know, is that everything I write down to "My Take" is an effort to be non-partisan. Some of the background is taken from the Legislative Analyst's report, but as much as possible, the analysis of what the Prop actually does is taken from the text of the bill itself.

Everything below "My Take" is blatantly partisan, biased, and purely my reaction and opinion. Read it as you would any other political position.

( Prop 1A-Transportation Funding Protection. )