For those of us who got out of the land of fruits and nuts, remind us what prop 77-74 is? Assuming its an english is official language of schooling or some such?
For those of us who got out of the land of fruits and nuts, remind us what prop 77-74 is?Since the California legislature seems to be PERMANENTLY dysfunctional, we have to beat them into submission with ballot initiatives. :(
From a previous thread:
To: Laissez-faire capitalistHere 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.
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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.
Prop. 75 is the one that has the union scum upset. It would require that the union get your permission before using your dues money for political purposes. As you are probably aware, there are a lot of jobs where you simply CANNOT work unless you pay union dues -- even if you disagree 100% with the union's political positions.
From what I hear, there are a LOT of union members who do NOT want their money going to Democrats, and the Democrats know this and are fighting desperately to stop Prop. 75 so they won't be suddenly and catastrophically defunded.