Auros ([info]auros) wrote,
@ 2008-01-31 15:44:00
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Propositions
After some further research, I've come down leaning strongly to No on 92. PeteRates.com gives a pretty nasty review to that proposition, and as far as I can tell he's correct about the structure of the funding mechanism. He also has an excellent rundown on why we should oppose 94-97 (which I was already planning to do). I've written extensively before about my support of 93. (91 is orphaned -- the people who submitted it decided they didn't want it to pass after all.)


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[info]plymouth
2008-02-01 12:50 am UTC (link)
hmm, ok, yeah, that was pretty convincing.

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[info]bostorus
2008-02-01 06:48 am UTC (link)
At its heart, Prop 92 is an attempt to lock in funding for yet another area of government with a constitutional guarantee. We should all oppose this kind of ballot-box budgeting; it straitjackets the Legislature in its most important function. Budgeting sets the state’s true priorities, which should be allowed to adjust from year to year. By approving this measure, we would remove that flexibility, and instead say that community colleges are more important than law enforcement, health care, social programs, four-year colleges, and anything else subject to regular budget deliberations. That’s just not right.

Amen.

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