“It is interesting that most professions require a formal education and testing prior to licensing. A politician simply runs for office, slices the bologna thick, and is often elected to control a city, state, or entire country. If there was ever an era for voters to exercise caution, it is now. Prudence dictates that we research every issue and candidate prior to placing a pen on the ballot.”
“The initiative that I’m most interested and opposed to is the so-called clean beaches and ocean initiative. Everybody knows that most of the water that’s in the bay, the pollution comes from outside the city. So I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay $250 a year to clean up everybody else’s mess, when they’re not contributing anyway, so I’m voting ‘no’ on that one.” — ✆ ✆ ✆
“These ballots are too long. They always sneak on some bond measure so they can have an excuse to raise taxes. We don’t need all these bond measures because they’re all just a scam anyway. There’s always too many people running for offices that don’t mean much. Most of these people are idiots anyway and every time they get elected, next time we’re trying to get rid of them, and it never ends. The only good thing about it is that while there’s so many people, only a few of them will actually win anything.”
This past week, Q-line asked: “What initiatives or races have your attention heading into election season? Are there too many entries on the ballot?” Here are your responses: ✆ “I am concerned about two: First, Julia Bromley’s race. Could we find anyone that’s going to do the job worse than Fran Pavely has done? I don’t know who her opponent is, but a non-school district board member is a big plus. Next is the $268 million school bond. Education expense is one of the biggest scams in this country. Between SMC and the school district over the last 20 years, I bet the taxpayers have been soaked for close to $800 million. Every time some minority board member whines about social promotion or a level playing field, half the parents in this town go weak in the knees thinking they might have to pay for a private school. Instead, dummies in this town give their kids an over inflated, costly education. Don’t believe me? How about the new superintendent — she has no Ph.D. Sounds like an expensive carpetbagger to me.” ✆ “I know my greatest concern should be the local governor’s fight, but I find myself fascinated with the fiasco going on in Connecticut. I always considered Lieberman a Republican in Democrat’s clothing. But now I see he is an arrogant, sore loser, self-centered dirty player, and a danger to the Democratic party in Connecticut. I hope his remaining followers recognize him for what he is, because if he takes votes away from the legal Democratic candidate, he will be putting the Republican one in office. Wake up, Connecticut. And by the way, how did Gore ever pick him to be VP?” ✆ “I’m going to be watching the water tax that the council has put on the ballot. It’s grossly unfair that they should ask the Santa Monica property owners to fund all of the cleanup when all, well most, of the pollution is coming from outside Santa Monica.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2006. Read the original PDF.