How
to vote and why.
By
Daniel Brockman, 061020.
Election, Petaluma, Sonoma County, November 7, 2006.
|
Office |
Vote |
Why |
|
Governor |
Peter Miguel Camejo (Green) |
Favors marriage option for everyone, ranked choice voting, public election funding, proportional representation, alternative energy, tolerance for immigrants. Opposes death penalty. (Won’t win. My money is on Arnold by a landslide.) |
|
Lieutenant Governor |
Lynnette Shaw (Libertarian) |
Favors decriminalization of marijuana on the Marin County model. (Won’t win.) |
|
Secretary of State |
Debra Bowen (Democratic) |
Favors paper trail voting., full disclosure of initiative
proponents. Sierra Club
endorsement. |
|
Controller |
Laura Wells (Green) |
Prefers crime prevention to prison construction. |
|
Treasurer |
Mehul M. Thakker (Green) |
Favors moving state investments into community development banks and credit unions, legalization of undocumented workers and fair minimum wage for all workers. |
|
Attorney General |
Michael S. Wyman (Green) |
Prefers life imprisonment to death penalty. Favors medical marijuana, tolerance of immigrants. Opposes prison for nonviolent offenders. Opposes War on Drugs. |
|
Insurance Commissioner |
Tom Condit (Peace & Freedom) |
Favors “single system of quality health care for all”. |
|
State Board of Equalization, 1st District |
Betty T. Yee (Democrat) |
Favors universal access to health care, clean natural environment. Opposes special tax breaks. |
|
United States Senate |
Feinstein (Democratic) |
Defeat Republican. |
|
United States Representative |
Woolsey (Democratic) |
Opposes Bush’s wars. |
|
Member of State Assembly |
Jared Huffman (Democratic) |
Defeat Republican. |
|
Judicial |
Yes (for all) |
No reason to vote no. |
|
State Propositions |
Vote |
Why |
|
1A |
No |
Benefits cars at the expense of pedestrians, bicycles and public transit |
|
1B |
No |
Benefits cars at the expense of pedestrians and bicycles. |
|
1C |
Yes |
Increases housing available to disadvantaged persons. |
|
1D |
No |
Promotes dependence of local schools on central govt for funding. |
|
1E |
Yes |
Improves waterways and emergency preparedness for natural disasters. |
|
83 |
No |
Creates great expense for doubtful benefit, despite some good features. |
|
84 |
Yes |
Promotes water resource quality. |
|
85 |
No |
Anti-choice. |
|
86 |
No |
Promotes illegal trade in tobacco with associated use of weapons to settle commercial disputes. Provides new diversification for business enterprises engaged in prostitution and illegal drug trafficking. |
|
87 |
Yes |
Tends to increase the cost of petroleum and subsidize other energy sources, reducing oil consumption. |
|
88 |
No |
Promotes dependence of local schools on central govt for funding. |
|
89 |
Yes |
Reduces corrupt campaign financing. |
|
90 |
No |
Too complex. Someone’s reaching for your wallet, but I don’t know who. |
|
Office |
Vote |
Why |
|
Mayor |
Pam Torliatt |
Promises bike path improvements. |
|
City Council |
Tiffany Renee |
Promises bike path improvements. Doesn’t actively promote road widening for automobiles and Rainier connector. |
|
City Council |
David Rabbitt |
Bicyclist. Promises bike path improvements. |
|
City Council |
John Mills |
Former bicycle salesman. Track record lobbying for traffic calming and bike path improvements. |
|
Petaluma Health Care District |
Glennon T.
Moran |
Brings a new view to district financing. Experienced expert in health care institutional finance. |
|
Petaluma Health Care District |
Josephine S. Thornton |
Promotes district financing of health care, and long term preservation of the community health care safety net. |
|
Local Propositions |
Vote |
Why |
|
F (Sonoma County) |
Yes |
Preserves water quality and open space, with reasonable compensations for impairments to development projects. |
|
H (Petaluma) |
Yes |
Opposes construction of casino outside designated urban growth boundary. |
|
R (SMART) |
Yes |
Builds and operates bike path and passenger railway from Cloverdale to Larkspur. |