One Issue Voter

Good vs. Evil - Tuesday May 17

2011-05-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

Lydia Gutierrez ran for senate in 2008 by co-branding her campaign with "Yes on 8" and aggressively endorsing the anti-gay measure.

She is at the ballot box again this May 17 in the City of Los Angeles municipal election.

Help keep her away from curriculum and tenure decisions: on Tuesday May 17, vote for Scott Svonkin for Los Angeles Community College District Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat No. 5.

It's the only question on the ballot, so turnout will be light and the choice is simple. If you hate what Lydia and her ilk did to California with Prop 8, spread the word, then get out and vote.

Gloating over California General Election 2010 Results

2010-11-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

Ha! The author of Prop 8, Andy Pugno, was drummed out of town covered in tar, feathers and shame. Gay-hater Meg Whitman and took Carly Fiorina with her. LGBT HERO Gavin Newsom, who let us wed in 2004, was elected Lieutenant Governor. Lots of other successful races around the state. What do they have in common? One issue: the losers were all Opponents of Equality.

The voters are awake, and they regret spending their time and money attacking their fellow citizens when they could have been building a better California.

Here's how my voter guide compared against the actual results. In multiple-candidate races, the margins are set against the next-closest candidate:

Governor 6 Jerry Brown WIN 13%
Lieutenant Governor 13 Gavin Newsom WIN 11%
Secretary of State 17 Debra Bowen WIN 15%
Controller 21 John Chiang WIN 55%

Treasurer 33 Bill Lockyer WIN 20%
Attorney General 39 Kamala Harris TBD currently tied
Insurance Commissioner 43 Dave Jones WIN 12%
State Board of Equalization 4th District 49 Nancy Lawrence LOSE 68%
US Senator 56 Barbara Boxer WIN 10%
US Representative 28th district 62 Howard BermanWIN 47%
State Assembly 42nd District 68 Mike Feuer TBD not listed

State Supreme Court:
Cantil-Sakauye 81 NO LOSE 34%
Chin 82 YES WIN 30%
Moreno 84 YES WIN 35%
Court of Appeals
Mallano 88 YES
Chaney 91 NO
Johnson 92 YES
Ashmann 94 YES
Croskey 96 YES
Suzukawa 99 NO
Armstrong 101 NO
Coffee 103 NO
Perren 106 YES
Zelon 108 YES
Jackson 111 NO
Bigelow 113 NO
Grimes 115 NO

Superior Court Office #28 133 Randy Hammock
Superior Court Office #117 136 Alan Schneider
Superior Court Office #136 NO VOTE
Superintendent of Public Instruction 141 Tom Torlakson WIN 10%
Assessor 144 John Noguez

Prop 19 YES LOSE 8%
Prop 20 NO LOSE 22%
Prop 21 YES LOSE 20%
Prop 22 YES WIN 22%
Prop 23 NO WIN 22%
Prop 24 YES LOSE 18%

Prop 25 YES WIN 10%
Prop 26 NO LOSE 6%
Prop 27 YES LOSE 18%

California General Election - November 2, 2008

2010-11-02T00:45:00.000-07:00

Governor 6 Jerry Brown
Lieutenant Governor 13 Gavin Newsom
Secretary of State 17 Debra Bowen
Controller 21 John Chiang

Treasurer 33 Bill Lockyer
Attorney General 39 Kamala Harris
Insurance Commissioner 43 Dave Jones
State Board of Equalization 4th District 49 Nancy Lawrence

US Senator 56 Barbara Boxer
US Representative 28th district 62 Howard Berman
State Assembly 42nd District 68 Mike Feuer

State Supreme Court:
Cantil-Sakauye 81 NO
Chin 82 YES
Moreno 84 YES
Court of Appeals
Mallano 88 YES
Chaney 91 NO
Johnson 92 YES
Ashmann 94 YES
Croskey 96 YES
Suzukawa 99 NO
Armstrong 101 NO
Coffee 103 NO

Perren 106 YES
Zelon 108 YES
Jackson 111 NO
Bigelow 113 NO
Grimes 115 NO

Superior Court Office #28 133 Randy Hammock
Superior Court Office #117 136 Alan Schneider
Superior Court Office #136 NO VOTE
Superintendent of Public Instruction 141 Tom Torlakson
Assessor 144 John Noguez

#19 158 YES
#20 163 NO
#21 #165 YES
#22 169 YES
#23 174 NO
#24 177 YES

#25 184 YES
#26 189 NO
#27 192 YES

Sources: EQCA voters guide, Frontiers, Jeremy B. Warner, a helpful nutbag liar, and a convenient quarter.

California Special Election - May 18 2009

2009-04-28T15:37:00.000-07:00

"I pledge to you that if the Supreme Court upholds Proposition 8 I will fight with every legal tool for marriage equality."

- City Attorney Candidate Jack Weiss

The big ticket in today's race is Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich vs. Jack Weiss for City Attorney. This one is easy: only Jack Weiss has consistently explained that Proposition 8 is a civil rights disaster and promised to help in its downfall. He is endorsed by Mayor Viarigosa who is also a supporter who deserves our support. On the other hand, Trutanich cannot be a fair city attorney when he hates his constituents, and his people are really mean.

Propositions 1A-1F are more contentious. On a technical level, they move money around so we can better pay our bills. On a practical level, they let the legislature do what we have legally prohibited them from doing in the past: raising taxes and cutting programs.

As a single-issue-voter, I am deeply torn. These propositions are endorsed both by the fair-minded legislators who brought us AB 43 and the jackasses who brought us Proposition 8.

At a pragmatic level, I think we need to raise our taxes rather than cut our safety nets of education and children's services. To send that message most clearly I'm voting NO 1B and 1D and YES on everything else.

Finally, on School Board of Trustees, the vote is important. These are the people who decide if evolution or science will be taught in our schools, and if all families or just "certain" families are represented in the program. The Opponents of Equality are voting for Tina Park and Robart Nakahiro, therefore I will vote for Angela Reddock and Nancy Pearlman.

Prop 1A - 54 YES
Prop 1B - 59 NO
Prop 1C - 61 YES
Prop 1D - 67 NO
Prop 1E - 69 YES
Prop 1F - 73 YES

City Attorney - 81 Jack Weiss

Board of Trustees - 85 Angela Reddock
Board of Trustees - 88 Nancy Pearlman