http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051106/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsvote_051106192242
Has he really had a chance? Isn’t Caulifourniah much like the US or a battleship? It cannot turn on a dime. Maybe the voters should vote 80% of the ploiticians out of office and give the Governator a new set of markers to play with…or at least a set without so many shades of Gray in it!
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- Proposition 74 extends the period of time teachers need to win permanent tenure…
- Proposition 76 caps the amount of money the debt-ridden state can spend each year and allow the governor to make mid-year budget cuts.
Two of the governor’s measures would give a huge boost to the Republican Party in Democrat-dominated California if they passed.
- Proposition 77 would take away the Democrat-led state legislature’s power to draw political boundaries and hand it to an appointed panel of three retired judges.
- Proposition 75 requires public service unions to obtain members’ permission each year to use dues for political campaigns, a move that will hurt the Democratic Party which depends on the support of unions
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**RE : PROP 74 …I don’t much like tenure for college profs or teachers.** If they do a great job keep them and pay them well. If they do a good job keep them and pay them good. If they do a fair job give them a chance to improve and keep their salary the same. If they do a poor job give them a chance to improve, keep their salary the same, but wack 'em if they don’t improve.
Remember it’s your kids education you must worry about more than a teacher’s job.
I say drop perm tenure. If a longer wait for tenure is the best you can get now GO FOR IT!
**RE : PROP 76…Budget limits sound like a good idee.**Â Woulda saved California a mi_GRAY_n headache. Too bad the states can always come crying to SugarUncle Sam when things aren’t peachy…or should I say orangey?
**RE : PROP 77…I’m against the panel redraw of politcal boundaries.** Sounds much like the change being attempted in nearby Ohio. The system has worked okay for 200+ years. Keep it as it is, unless…
How about a computer system using maps and locations of all registered voters. Districts/precincts would be redrawn to make the shortest travel for voters(and representatives most likely, too.)
**RE : PROP 75… I belonged to a union once upon a time. I’m against Union dues as campaign funds.** If young or union voters don’t care about an issue why should a Union take their money and decide how to spend it? Surveys have shown that unions are about 60% Democrats and 40% Republicans, so why should the unions spend about 99% of their political capital supporting Democrat candidates.
Let union members keep their money to invest or buy in order to to create jobs, donate to causes or candidates they support, or bury the money in their cellar.
Will these and the other ballot initiatives make or break The Schwartz???
