Senator Barbara Boxer says how she is going to vote.

[Cleita]

For those who are still undecided, I hope this helps you to understand the issues. This is from an email she sent me.

Dear XXXXX

Next Tuesday, Californians will head to the polls to vote in a special election organized by Governor Schwarzenegger and his right-wing allies. It's critical that we stand up and be counted on these important issues.

So I wanted to take just a moment to write to you since many of you have asked me how I plan to vote.

Please join me in voting NO on 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78, and YES on 79. Here's why:

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VOTE NO on Proposition 73

Proposition 73 is just the latest attempt by right-wing conservatives to take away a woman's right to choose. This dangerous measure would jeopardize the health of our teenagers, when we should instead be focusing our efforts on preventing teen pregnancy. Prop. 73 unwisely tries to legislate family communication and unrealistically expects teenagers to navigate through a cumbersome and confusing judicial process.

As the San Francisco Chronicle said in their editorial opposing Prop. 73, "The way to reduce abortion is not a law that requires frightened young women to either face a judge or the wrath of their parents. It's about increasing communication -- about sex, about choices, about consequences -- that prevents an accidental pregnancy in the first place." Vote NO on 73.

VOTE NO on Proposition 74

Proposition 74 is an effort to divert attention from the real problems facing California's public schools by turning teachers into scapegoats. The initiative does nothing to improve California's public schools -- and could actually harm them by making it harder to recruit good teachers.

Schools in California can already dismiss teachers found to be deficient during their first two years of service without a hearing. In fact, every local school has a system in place to deal with struggling teachers. At a time when we should be encouraging people to choose a career in teaching, Prop. 74 will hurt those recruitment efforts by not affording due process to those in the teaching profession who do so much for California's children. Vote NO on 74.

VOTE NO on Proposition 75

Prop. 75 targets teachers, nurses, firefighters and police officers with new political restrictions designed to weaken their ability to advocate for better schools, patient care, and public safety. That's why campaign watchdogs like the League of Women Voters of California oppose Prop. 75. Corporations already outspend unions on politics 24-1, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Yet the governor's corporate campaign contributors put Prop. 75 on the ballot to increase their grip on our government, and make it easier for the governor to pass his harmful agenda. Vote NO on 75.

VOTE NO on Proposition 76

Proposition 76 is an attempted power grab by Governor Schwarzenegger that gives him the power to bypass the legislature and make cuts to the budget without any oversight or public approval. Prop. 76 does not protect education funding -- and it would in fact reduce the long-term Prop. 98 school spending guarantee by $4 billion per year. Under Prop. 76, local governments could also lose hundreds of millions of dollars for police, firefighters, health care and social service programs. Vote NO on 76.

VOTE NO on Proposition 77

Proposition 77 is a flawed redistricting initiative that cuts out the public, has no accountability provision, and is unfair to those most underrepresented.

This is another clear power grab by the Governor and his allies who reach all the way to the most conservative Republicans in Washington, DC. Vote NO on 77.

VOTE NO on Proposition 78 and VOTE YES on Proposition 79

Everybody knows we need to do more to make prescription drugs more affordable. So let's do it right.

Proposition 79 will provide real prescription drug discounts to seniors and lower income Californians who need them the most. Prop. 79 will also establish a pharmacy assistance program to help businesses, small employer purchasing pools, and labor organization health and welfare funds -- among others -- receive the same pharmacy discounts and rebates from drug makers. Finally, drug companies would be held accountable by a state advisory board that would review the pricing and access of prescription drugs under the program.

Prop. 79 will make a difference. Proposition 78, on the other hand, calls for a voluntary system and at the end of the day will mean little or nothing for the people of California. So vote NO on 78 and YES on 79.

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I urge you to join me in voting NO on 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78 -- and YES on 79. Most important, please remember to vote in this important Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8th!

In Friendship,

Barbara Boxer

I have already voted along these lines. I hope you do too.

[goclark]

1. No on all but 79/YES!

[mitchtv]

2. She skipped yes on 80

to much of a loser ?

[Cleita]

3. Maybe she didn't think I would be interested.

I voted yes on 80, though.

[jfern]

8. It's toast

I guess no need to waste time on it.

[Carla in Ca]

4. Looks good to me, that is how

I've marked my ballot.

'Nix the first 6, Do the last two'.

[Cleita]

5. I'm getting all kinds of slick mailings saying to vote

yes on Prop. 78. Please people, vote NO on proposition 78 for the very reason Barbara Boxer explains. It's backed by the pharma companies and other questionable groups who claim to be for the patient, but they aren't.

[proud patriot]

7. I got one of those today

the stinkers

[Pithy Cherub]

6. I live steps from my polling place. No on 78 is critical!

Very importantreminder, Thanks!

[bliss_eternal]

10. Just saw a tv adsaying CA Nurses and NAACP support 78!!!

:wtf:

It's just these kind of last minute, bullshit ads that screw things up in the final hour.

:mad: :grr: :mad:

I've followed these tv ads very closely. This is the first time I've seen that ad!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Cleita]

11. In the fine print this proposition is backed by PHARMA.

They have very slickly put the nurses on the front and some organizations that supposedly are for health care givers and seniors. None of these are well known and I am suspicious that they are front organizations, whose intent is to decieve. I haven't had a chance to investigate them this time, but it has happened in the past.

[bliss_eternal]

12. I heard about this

sort of thing after the last election. So I kind of suspected that's what they were.

It really bugs me. Most people don't know that the people in those commercials, aren't even teachers or nurses but actors they paid to say they were. Your average person that trusts anything they see on tv doesn't know that.

I spoke with a nurse with the admin of CA Nurses Association. I joked with her about the ads from a year or so ago, that allegedly featured nurses. She told me that they found out that ads were placed in backstage west and other trade papers for open calls to cast those commercials.

The ads for our side, actually utilized real nurses, teachers and firefighters. Yet the right chooses to believe that WE are the ones lying--when they can't be bothered to even find real people that believe in the ideas they are endorsing.

[bliss_eternal]

9. I'm pleased that she said NO on 73

and stated specifically why. :applause: Love my senator!