Looks like Arnold's initiatives may be pulling ahead for good.
1.) Parental Notification and 3.) Union Dues -- Political Contributions are way ahead and when averaging all of the polls going back to 6/13-19 for both it is clear that both of them will pass.
The Public School Teachers Tenure Initiative is a little tighter, though, but the average spread from 6/13-19 up until now is still +10.
"Looks like Arnold's initiatives may be pulling ahead for good."
We don't look at them as Arnolds initiatives, they are ours, the taxpayers that put them together, got them signed and put on the ballot.
Or legislature has totally failed us here and we are The People finally running out government. Arnold just jumped on the band wagon but, we are glad that he did.
These Initatives, especially 2 & 3, and the Parental Notification Cons. Amend., may be a good blueprint for Republicans to follwo in 06 and 08.
bttt
1) So let's see...the American left doesn't trust a minor girl with a gun, getting her ears pierced, smoking, drinking, joining the military, (in a lot of states) driving and so on and so forth.
But they WILL trust them with abortion? How screwy is that?
(Sarcasm on)
3) NO!!!! Labor Unions having to ASK the petty peasants they represent for approval before supporting political issues? How disgusting! We all know the people can't be trusted (that's why we need Liberals.) What is the world coming too?
This is sick. Next thing you know the people of CA will be demanding that the illegal immigrant vote be thrown out.
(/sarcasm)
Terrific News!
I hope it will be this way in the actual election.
We need those reforms.
Here is some info for those trying to decide how to vote:
Voting recommendations from Tom McClintock
#73 – YES
#74 – YES
#75 – YES
#76 – YES
#77 – YES
#78 – NO
#79 – NO
#80 – NO
Proposition 73: Parental Notification for Abortion. If parental consent is required for a child to use a tanning booth or get her ears pierced, shouldn’t parents at least be notified if she’s getting an abortion? YES. Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, this should be the all-time no-brainer.
Proposition 74: Teacher Tenure. Do parents have a right to expect a higher level of competence before a teacher is granted life-time tenure? YES. This modest measure simply increases the teacher probation period from two years to five years.
Proposition 75: Public Employee Union Dues. Should public employees decide for themselves which candidates they will support with their own money? YES. This measure requires that before a public employee union can take money from that employee for political donations, it has to get the employee’s permission.
Proposition 76: State Spending. Should government live within its means? YES. This measure restores the authority that the governor of California had between 1939 and 1983 to make mid-year spending cuts whenever spending outpaces revenue without having to return to the legislature.
Proposition 77: Re-districting. Should voters choose their representatives in legislative districts that are drawn without regard to partisan advantage? YES. The most obvious conflict of interest in government is when politicians choose which voters will get to vote for them by drawing their own legislative district lines. This measure puts a stop to it.
Propositions 78 and 79: Prescription drug discounts. Do you want the same people who run the DMV to run your pharmacy? NO. These are rival measures, one supported by drug companies and the other by liberal activists – both of which purport to lower drug prices. What they really do is assure that one group of patients gets to pay higher prices to provide subsidized prices for others. There’s no such thing as a free Levitra.
Proposition 80. Electricity Regulation. Do you want the same people who run the DMV to run your electricity company? NO. This measure locks in monopoly control of your electricity by the bureaucratized utilities and forbids you from ever being able to shop around for the lowest-priced electricity available.
..the RCP polling data shows 73-77 in trouble. I was encouraged by Tom McClintock's comments on KFI the other day, though. This California's last chance IMHO.