CA Special Election

A Friend sent around this analysis of the CA Special Election, which i share with the CA folks: http://www.calchurches.org/IMPACTMay09BallotRecs.pdf

It says "vote no" on all measures, which is my instinct for all budget measures, too, because it seems like the legislature is getting out of doing it's job by passing these decisions on. Where is the measure that the legislators don't get paid unless they produce a budget? The document comes with a social justice point of view, as illustrated here:

We have chosen privilege over justice through minority control of our budget process.

In the early 1980s Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman asked, “Why do the rich need incentives and the poor need desperation?” Nearly 30 years later, California has not answered her question.

and to point to some analysis of process:

The Propositions will solve none of these problems, but they create far, far more difficulties now and down the road.

If we vote NO on these six propositions, and since we have to reopen the budget due to another state revenue shortfall, the Legislature and Governor may be forced to include the $30-plus billion in federal economic stimulus as part of our budget solution. To date, we have no suggestions from either the Legislature or the Governor as to how the federal money will be used, even though that money is directed to assist California to meet its current budget services.