Saturday, November 03, 2007

On the questions

Question #1. Dedicating an amount equal to a tax rate of 1% under the State Sales Tax Rate to the Property Tax Reform Account, (or is it the Property Tax Relief Fund?)

Most people seem to think this constitutional amendment means that 1% of the sales tax will go to property tax rebates. Read your sample ballot. Neither the question nor the Interpretive Statement says that.

This is a scam. Vote No.

Question #2. Shall the State borrow $450 million to fund "stem cell research projects." Never mind the moral and scientific debates, or what a stem cell research project is. We can't afford this and it gives too much power to the State Treasurer. Vote No.

Question #3. Shall the State borrow $200 million to overpay for real estate that nobody wants and to subsidize farms. Vote no on this boondoggle. Read the language. It's a boondoggle.

I'm not saying that the State shouldn't buy any of this real estate, just don't borrow to do it. Cut $200 million in other spending. Pay fair market value for the real estate and get three times as much. Get the farm subsidies from reworking the farm assessment program.

Question #4. Voting yes on any of the above 3 questions is proof enough that idiots already have the right to vote. This question is simply amends the constitution to reflect that reality.

My problem with this question is not the removal of the "I word" from the constitution, but the language that replaces it; a "person who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting" shall not enjoy the right of suffrage.

Get ready for voter registration and absentee ballot drives from the left, and competency challenges from the right. This is make work for lawyers. Vote No.

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