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MyspaceLOCAL MEASURES
Measures Q & R: School Bonds for School Buildings: VOTE YES
Measure S: Half-Cent Tax to Pay for New County Jail: VOTE YES
Measure T: Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Santa Barbara: VOTE NO
STATE PROPOSITIONS
Prop 18: DISREGARD
Prop 19: Legalize Marijuana: VOTE YES
Prop 20: Empower Citizen’s Committee to Redraw Political Districts: VOTE YES
Prop 21: Pay for State Parks with Vehicle Registration: VOTE YES
Prop 22: Keep State Hands Off Local Government Money: VOTE YES
Prop 23: Stall Implementation of State’s Anti-Global Warming Law: VOTE NO
Prop 24: Stop $1.3 Billion in Business Tax Breaks: VOTE YES
Prop 25: Reduce Majority Required to Pass State Budget from 2/3 to Simple: VOTE YES
Prop 26: Extend 2/3 Majority to All “Fees”: VOTE NO
Prop 27: Kill Citizen Committee on Redistricting: VOTE NO
Click here for full explanation of our state prop endorsements.
STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES
23rd Congressional District: Lois Capps
24th Congressional District: Tim Allison
35th State Assembly District: Das Williams
Governor: Jerry Brown
U.S. Senate: Barbara Boxer
Lieutenant Governor: Abel Maldonado
Attorney General: Toss Up
State Controller: John Chiang
Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees
Peter Haslund, Lisa Macker, Marsha Croninger, and Marty Blum
Santa Barbara School Districts, Board of Education
Monique Limón and Kate Parker
LOCAL OFFICES
Goleta City Council: Roger Aceves, Michael Bennett, Paula Perotte
Carpinteria City Council: Gregg Carty, Al Clark, Brad Stein
Carpinteria Valley Water Board: Matt Roberts
Previous Month
Comments
California is ranked 49th in the nation (I have no idea who's lower) and if you want more of the same, keep voting the way the uber-liberal Indie tells you! Why not? Soon you too will be paying taxes (UCSB/SBCC) students and you will pay the price for not researching issues more carefully! (I don't expect that from the Indie staff... but dear reader... beware!)
maximum (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2010 at 11:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
very sad.
loneranger (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2010 at 7:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Stop Spending!
Measure S: Half-Cent Tax to Pay for New County Jail: VOTE NO
Measures Q & R: School Bonds for School Buildings: VOTE NO
e_male (anonymous profile)
October 11, 2010 at 8:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Over the years, I have come to trust the Independent's political endorsements. It's good to know that someone who has done the research happens to agree with my own assessments.
We must rally around and protect our communities in these difficult times of limited budgets, against the forces of BIG BUSINESS, POLITICIANS who are BOUGHT by BIG BUSINESS, and ignorant voters who are swayed by BIG BUSINESS and FEAR-MONGERING POLITICIANS.
yangmayf (anonymous profile)
October 18, 2010 at 11:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Two relevant videos:
Echo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_0a5...
Workers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lg61q...
tabatha (anonymous profile)
October 21, 2010 at 11:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
EZ to Use Progressive Voter Cheat Sheet:
http://oasisdesign.net/activism/2010n...
Covers all the other stuff on the ballot not mentioned above...
artl (anonymous profile)
October 24, 2010 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The best guide: http://www.calitics.com/diary/12705/n...
This is far better than the Independent -- look for instance at the argument at the above site for Harris over Cooley for AG -- it's way beyond the limited political insight of the Indy staff.
truth_machine (anonymous profile)
October 27, 2010 at 1:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We got another reason to vote Capps out of office. Nancy Pelosi will quit congress if she can't be the Speaker. Not childish or anything but what a GREAT REASON to vote Watson.
jukin (anonymous profile)
October 29, 2010 at 10:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)