As promised, here is my take on measures 5 through 8.
Prop 5: Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act
How I’m voting: NO
Why: This reduces jail time for a variety of non violent crimes like dealing meth and identity theft which aren’t exactly victimless. Meth dealers are scumbags who practice bootleg chemistry in trailer parks and they belong in jail for more than 3 months at a clip. Also there is a potential loop hole for violent offenders to get out of jail by claiming a drug addiction was responsible for their behavior.
Why you should vote yes: You like to carry an ounce of weed on you at any given time. You want the tweaker who stole your shit to go to rehab instead of jail.
Prop 6: Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
How I’m voting: NO
Why: This was another tough call. There are a lot of things in this measure that I like such as requiring sheriffs to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement when an illegal alien is charged with a violent crime, but overall it is a little far reaching for something that will divert tax dollars away from other programs.
Why you should vote yes: You live in a gang infested area. You are a police officer. You aren’t voting to fund some of the other measures on the ballot.
Prop 7: Renewable energy generation initiative statute.
How I’m voting: NO
Why: I’m not going to lie. I didn’t read all the text for this measure because it’s like 40+ pages and pretty much devoid of any attention-keeping value. I did read the arguments and rebuttals and here’s what I came away with: the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Green Party are all against prop 7 for a variety of reasons, but all seem to think it is poorly written and that fits with what I thought when I was trying to read it.
Why you should vote yes: Danny Glover supports it.
Prop 8: Eliminates rights of same-sex couples to marry.
How I’m voting: NO
Why: If this was a vote on giving gay dudes a separate locker room at the gym I’d be all for it. But that doesn't change my belief that you should be able to marry whoever you want, where and whenever you want and I have no problem with schools teaching kids that some men marry men and some women marry women. Gay people exist and forbidding them from getting married isn’t going to make them go away.
Why you should vote yes: You believe homosexuality is a disease that spreads through tolerance and education. You’re a weirdo who thinks this is a slippery slope that ends with people marrying their pets.
Tomorrow: Measures 9-12
Saturday, November 01, 2008
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I'm glad you're voting no on 6!!!! It targets people of color by taking funding away from education! I am also voting yes on 7 because I think there are lots of reasons why those parties are voting no, but I don't think any of them are for good reasons. The pluses of prop 7 are too good to pass up and negatives just seem like hyped up B.S.
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