Avoided computer all night. Sat on butt, popped in new Chinatown DVD (finally) and watched it in its entirety. Wholeheartedly recommend this regimen to others as well…
I’m only going to offer the two election endorsements I feel particularly strongly about. I’m not a registered Republican (surprise!) and there’s not much point in my having an opinion on the primary. So:
- Proposition 42: Yes. Couldn’t be any simpler. The gasoline tax is the cornerstone of the federal and state transportation programs; these programs are the very reason for the existence of a gas tax. To suggest that voting “yes” would somehow eliminate flexibility in funding schools and healthcare is ridiculous; this money was never meant to be spent on schools and healthcare in the first place.
- Proposition 45: No. This may be one of the single most convoluted and cumbersome pieces of legislation I’ve ever read. Let’s see if I have this straight. Term limits are the law in California. But we can waive that in certain instances by presenting a petition with a certain number of signatures. In support of the incumbent. It doesn’t matter how you feel about term limits; this reads like nothing but a manual for disaster. Complete idiocy. I refused to sign the qualifying petition several months ago and I refuse to vote for it now.
