{"id":4458,"date":"2012-06-05T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2012-06-05T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T22:27:47","slug":"apparently-i-am-a-san-francisco-pissed-off-voter-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/2012\/06\/05\/apparently-i-am-a-san-francisco-pissed-off-voter-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Apparently I am a San Francisco &#8220;Pissed off Voter&#8221; . . . Sort Of."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/reyeschow\/files\/2012\/06\/Screen-shot-2012-06-05-at-2.50.33-PM-600x296.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4459\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/2012\/06\/05\/apparently-i-am-a-san-francisco-pissed-off-voter-sort-of\/screen-shot-2012-06-05-at-2-50-33-pm\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Now I know that some people value the idea that people can vote and people need not know how they voted, but being the transparent blogging fool that I am with just a smidge of influence in some areas, I am going to go ahead and share how I voted and what I think is important about today\u2019s San Francisco Election.<\/p>\n<p>Much to my surprise I am a \u201cPissed Off Voter\u201d as I align\u00a0greatly\u00a0with this <a href=\"http:\/\/theballot.org\/2012\/sf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">voters guide<\/a> put out by the <a href=\"http:\/\/theleague.com\/sf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">League of Young Voters<\/a>. I have no\u00a0affiliation\u00a0with them, but want offer some kudos for dropping their guide at one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/java-on-ocean-coffee-house-san-francisco\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my favorite cafes<\/a>. I ended up agreeing with all of their positions on propositions and\u00a0appreciated\u00a0their attempt at providing some nuance to some of items. Any voter guide that has \u201cYes, but . . .\u201d or \u201cNo, but . . .\u201d as their response understands that nothing is as simple as the\u00a0doorhangers and radio\u00a0commercials\u00a0would like us to\u00a0believe. Good peeps so be sure to gives some social media love: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/theleaguesf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theleaguesf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theleaguesf.tumblr.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So here it goes, 2012 San Francisco Voter Guide\u00a0according\u00a0to Bruce:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Washington<\/strong> \u2013 I generally vote along party lines, for as much as I appreciate individuals who bring new ideas, I think that the nature of Washington politics requires a consolidated common vision. At this point in our\u00a0political\u00a0climate, the overall\u00a0Democratic platform\u00a0still most resonates with me. And yes, that makes me somewhat of a conservative in San Francisco. Seriously.<\/li>\n<li><strong>YES on Proposition 28, <em>Term Limits:<\/em><\/strong> I have always felt that term limits were foolish, reactionary and short-sighted. When they first passed in CA, the fear was that lobbyists would then have more power over the long term. Ding Ding Ding. I say if a\u00a0politician\u00a0is not doing a good job, vote them out. Not far enough for me, but Prop 28 is a step in the right direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>YES on Proposition 29, Cigarette Tax Increase: <\/strong>One dollar more money to buy cigarettes:\u00a0deterrent\u00a0and fund generator. Big time Yes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NO on\u00a0Proposition\u00a0A, <em>Recycling Contracts<\/em>:<\/strong> This was a \u201cNo, But . . .\u201d for me as well. Voting no with the knowledge that we have a great recycling program in San Francisco and there are probably better ways to improve the process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>YES on Proposition B, <em>Coit Tower Usage:<\/em><\/strong> I was pretty\u00a0ambivalent\u00a0about this one and am not big on voting on statements that have no legal teeth. That said, I am voting yes just to make sure that decision makers know that there is a general vibe out there about how public space is used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Democratic County Central Committee:<\/strong> You are on your own, though if you want a few names depending on your district: John Avalos, Leah Pimentel, David Campos, David Chiu and Eric Mar. Lots of other good folks, but you\u2019ll have to read our ballot for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think that\u2019s it. Make sure you get out and vote vite vote vote!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Now I know that some people value the idea that people can vote and people need not know how they voted, but being the transparent blogging fool that I am with just a smidge of influence in some areas, I am going to go ahead and share how I voted and what I think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":4459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8853,244,814],"tags":[16955,12430,16550,16956,12420,16958,16957,16954,5141,16486],"class_list":["post-4458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin-board","category-culture-politics","category-family-community","tag-david-campos","tag-david-chiu","tag-elections","tag-eric-mar","tag-john-avalos","tag-league-of-pissed-off-voters","tag-league-of-young-voters","tag-leah-pimentel","tag-san-francisco","tag-voting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apparently I am a San Francisco &quot;Pissed off Voter&quot; . . . 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