A Big Me-Too To WGLA's Initiative Recommendations

Once again Allen Rice and the Willow Glen Libertarian Alliance have come out with excellent recommendations on the upcoming ballot initiatives. And once again have saved this lazy political blogger from the shame of having no idea what the current crop of initiatives are, let alone having any opinion about how you should vote on them.

Usually, I agree with all but one or two of WGLA's conclusions. This time I agree with the whole lot of them.

For Governor, I recommend you leave that part of your ballot blank. I wish I could recommend the Libertarian candidate, Art Olivier. An often-repeated simple definition of a libertarian is someone who is "fiscally conservative and socially liberal". Olivier is certainly fiscally conservative, but, if his Archie Bunker-worthy us vs. them stance on immigration is any indication, he is also very conservative socially. Let's see ... fiscally conservative ... socially conservative ... that would make him a ... conservative.

For those of you who live in Mountain View, I recommend my friend, John Inks, for city council. I'll be writing more about Inks later.

And remember, never, ever, ever vote based on anything you saw or heard in some political ad on TV.

[10/22/2006] WGLA has changed their recommendation on Measure 1E, the "Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Act" from Yes to No. Without doing some further study, I can't say whether I back up their conclusion or not. After Katrina, it came out that California had some of the most at-risk levy systems in the country. However, I'm not sure of the current state of our state's flood control plan; there have been stories in the papers the last few days saying that the state government gave the go ahead for some of the worst parts of the system to be fixed, at least temporarily, before this winter.