How I Voted In 2006

I'm a yellow-dog Democrat most of the time, but I skewed a little more liberal this election, though not by much. Pragmatism prevents me from voting for third parties unless I'm pretty sure my "lesser evil" candidate is a shoo-in.

I'm not doing the calling parties because I am seriously sick of people calling me telling me to vote. If I can get my work done, I'm going to go stand on a street corner with a "GO VOTE NOW" sign instead.

Governor: Phil "The Other Guy" Angelides
Lieutenant Governor: John Garamendi
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen
Controller: John Chiang
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer
Attorney General: Jerry Brown
Insurance Commissioner: Cruz Bustamante
State Board of Equalization: Betty Yee
U.S. Senator: Todd Chretien
This is the Green Party candidate. Feinstein has more than a 10% margin, historically, over her opponents, and I didn't like her votes for the war in Iraq or the PATRIOT Act. It's a protest vote.
U.S. Representative: Tom Lantos
By the way, here is a handy link that will tell you if your House representative voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Don't vote for anyone who voted for that. This is the link for the senate.
Member of the State Assembly: Ira Ruskin
Prop 1A: No
Prop 2A: No
Prop 1C: Yes
Prop 1D: Yes
Prop 1E: Yes
Prop 83: Hell No
Prop 84: Yes
Prop 85: OH DEAR GOD NO NO NO NO NO
Prop 86: YES. And again YES.
The "anti" ads complain that this sends your money to "special interests." Right. So, um, now hospitals=special interests and tobacco companies=the underdog? Whatever. This is a little more gray-area than it looks, but it's still absolutely a positive.
Prop 87: Yes
Prop 88: YES
Prop 89: YES
Prop 90: NO NO NO
It's a badly-written law with a deceptive summary. Opponents I trust have said that it could do as much as good old Prop 13 to ruin the state. Poison.