October 23, 2004
Through the ballot thicket...
If you are a Californian you might want to take a look at this post by Dale Franks, who has good advice on this year's California elections:
One of the interesting things about elections in California is the Ballot Initiative, a remnant of progressive Governor Hiram Johnson who implemented the initiative process at the beginning of the 20th century. This means that every election, all manner of wise and unwise things are floated about for presentation to the voters on the ballot.We liked what one commenter said:For some reason, this year’s election is more full of such measures than most, and with the election less than two weeks away, I guess it’s time to actually look at them, and see what this year’s collection of political hacks and special interests are trying to shove down our throats...
Thanks for the review!
As a Bay Area resident, I've often relied upon the San Francisco Chronicle for assessing ballot propositions; if they endorsed, I would likely vote against. Posted by John Weidner at October 23, 2004 08:41 PM | TrackBack
I sometimes feel that way about the Bee.
Posted by: B. Durbin at October 24, 2004 04:02 PMYou can do the same thing when reading the voter pamphlet, with all those for-and-against arguments. If the Green party, or someone named Starchild is for it, I'm probably against it...
(In the current SF pamphlet, the really is a "Starchild." And pamphlet is hardly the word, the thing is 208 pages...just for SF.)
Posted by: John Weidner at October 24, 2004 04:27 PM
