{"id":45034,"date":"2014-09-08T19:14:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T01:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/ballot-propositions-i-will-soon-tire-of-hearing-about.html"},"modified":"2014-09-15T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T20:22:19","slug":"ballot-propositions-i-will-soon-tire-of-hearing-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/ballot-propositions-i-will-soon-tire-of-hearing-about.html","title":{"rendered":"Ballot Propositions I will soon tire of hearing about"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swear to God I was just wondering today when these would be finalized so I could see what they were. Here are Colorado's ballot issues (and my immediate thoughts on them):<\/p>\n

Amendment 67 – Personhood<\/b> — Oh, look, yet another Personhood amendment. No, I don't want to back-door abortion and birth control bans, not to mention in vitro fertilization. No, sorry, I don't believe a fetus from the moment of conception is the moral (or actual) equivalent of a person, and that therefore all laws that refer to "person: and "child" in the criminal code should include "unborn human beings." This is the fourth time this has been in the proposal stage in six years, including two amendments that actually made it onto the ballot, and I wish you folk would just go away.<\/p>\n

Amendment 68 – GMO Labeling<\/b> — Sorry, you're going to have to do a lot of convincing for me to feel that a GMO label on food will actually provide meaningful information to consumers.<\/p>\n

Proposition 104 – Casino Games at Race Tracks<\/b> — In general I don't see a reason not to let "tax on stupidity" establishments expand their offerings. The only reason I see to vote against this is what it would do to the casino towns in the close-in Rockies (e.g., Central City and Blackhawk). Another reason might be the "let's make this look really attractive" 34% tax on the proceeds of said games to to K-12 education, which (a) gives the state an interest in people doing stupid things, and (b) makes school funding dependent on the gambling industry, neither of which seems like a good idea. <\/p>\n

Proposition 105 – School Board Open Meetings<\/b> — I'd have to read more as to the whys and wherefores. In principle, open meetings are good, so I'm inclined toward it. In reality, it would depend on what sorts of meetings we're talking about. Not everything can or should be done in front of the public.<\/p>\n

So two big noes and a couple of ponderings. Regardless, I have no doubt that in the next 1-2 weeks I'll be dead sick of the commercials for these, since none will address any actual issues but depend on music and voice tones and pictures to create a mood of dread (or joy). Which is a hell of a way to run a democracy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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