Voter Guide

So we Californians have a special election tomorrow. It was initially conceived when our governor had a bit better standing with the fine citizens of our state. It's all fallen apart now. To me it looks like a mash-up of a boondoggle and a power grab.

Lets start with the power grab. Prop 75 is grade-A BS. Why do the voters get to determine how union dues are used? Shouldn't that be up to...you know...union members? Does any other private group need to get written permission from every member before spending money on their behalf? As a shareholder of a few companies I don't remember ever having to do this. It's a pretty standard GOP move in my opinion. You see, "reform" has to happen somewhere, so it might as well be where we can screw over traditional Democratic institutions.

Now the boondoggle. Big Pharma is behind most of the creepy prescription initiatives. I'm not saying everything they do is wrong or evil...I'm just sayin' they might not have the interests of people who need medicine at the top of their list. I'm pretty sure "maximizing shareholder value" is at the top of the list. Funny how they don't mention that in all their TV ads.

Once again the most depressing thing about California politics is how we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot with our initiative process. It's just stupid. Ask Arnold what his thoughts on the process were before he put his own idiotic initiatives up. He blamed the process for our current budget fiasco that he promised to solve. Well, at least he was right about one thing.

You can check out a progressive voter guide if you need help deciding.