A different kind of Conservative Blog

Prop. 1C Housing Bond:  NO!  Economics 1: When something is plentiful, it’s cheap; when it is scarce, it’s expensive.  Housing prices have skyrocketed because governmental regulations have kept the supply of new housing from meeting the demand.  By pouring more (borrowed) money into the market without reducing those restrictions, the effect will be to force UP both home prices and taxes.

Prop. 1D Education Bond:  NO!  Five billion dollars of new school spending is apparently not enough – so here comes another school bond.  But once again, most of the money is going for stuff that won’t be around when our children are still paying off the debt.  Won’t our kids have their own schools to repaint without paying for painting that was done 30 years ago?

Prop. 1E Levee Bond:  YES!  Almost all of this money goes for levee construction that our great-grandchildren will use.  Why should anyone outside of Sacramento care?  Collapse of the Delta levees means collapse of the state water project – and billions of dollars of state liabilities paid for by ALL taxpayers.  This is a classic ounce of prevention saving a pound of cure. 

Prop. 83 Jessica’s Law:  YES!  Placed on the ballot by initiative when the legislature failed to act, this proposition is named for the little Florida girl who was killed by a released sex-offender.   Prop. 83 prohibits felony registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park and requires lifetime GPS monitoring.

Prop. 84 Park Bond:  NO!  A grab bag of local pork projects (some exempt from competitive bidding requirements and conflict of interest laws) paid for by a generation of taxpayers.

Prop. 85 Parental Notification: YES!  Your 16-year-old daughter cannot use a tanning bed or get her ears pierced without your written consent, but she can undergo a surgical abortion without you even being notified.  This measure restores your right to know what is happening to your own child.