Summary
We could give you pages of reasons to vote No on this package. It doesn't represent good public policy. The problem with defeating these measures is what might happen if they don't pass. The whole mess would go back to legislators and the governor who are already likely facing a multibillion dollar additional shortfall they must deal with, even if these measures pass. Hard-line Republican antitax forces in the legislature would claim an even greater anti-tax mandate. Never mind that they don't have a serious non-tax solution to the problem and that Californians are leaving them in droves (their registration has dropped to a historic low of 31 percent statewide and is under 20 percent in Marin). If these measures are defeated we wouldn't bet on a better resolution in round two than we have here. As painful as it may be, we recommend a Yes vote on all six propositions.
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Has there ever been an election, spe- cial or otherwise, with such a uni- formly unpalatable set of choices? All six special propositions on the May 19 ballot are the result of a deeply flawed Sacramento budget- and policy-making pr...
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