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Arizona Propositions

Posted on | October 26, 2006 | 4 Comments

Going off the adage that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, I have always gotten a great deal of insight into ballot propositions by seeing who was for or against them.

For your consideration, the following is what the AFL-CIO sent to their members in Arizona. Yeah, they are a bunch of looneys – almost a guarantee that I will disagree with them on anything & everything.

 

Here are the props as written

– and here is the union list

Labor 2006 Proposition Positions – AFL-CIO

Prop. 100 Bailable Offenses
* NO Unnecessary cost to taxpayers

Prop. 101 Local Property Tax Levies
* NO Unnecessary TABOR-like government restrictions

Prop. 102 Standing in Civil Action
* NO Demonizes certain groups of people and victims of wrongdoing

Prop. 103 English as the official language
* NO Largely symbolic, divisive, and puts state safety and health at risk of being misunderstood
* could endanger workers

Prop. 104 Municipal Debts
* YES Allows municipalities to incur more debt for public safety& street projects

Prop. 105 State Trust Lands
* NO A ruse to distract voters from Prop. 106

Prop. 106 Conserving Arizona
* YES Protects valuable lands and benefits education & teachers

Prop. 107 – Protecting Marriage Arizona
* NO Denies bargained-for union health care benefits that have been previously negotiated

Prop. 200 Arizona Voter Reward Act
* YES Increases voter participation

Prop. 201 Smoke Free Arizona Act
* NEUTRAL No position

Prop. 202 Arizona Minimum Wage Coalition
* YES Increase Arizona’s Minimum Wage to$6.75/hour & adjusts it on an annual basis

Prop. 203 First Things First for AZ’s Children
* YES Supports and creates early childhood development programs

Prop. 204 Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Act
* Neutral No Position

Prop. 205 Your Right To Vote
* YES Increases union member participation & influence in elections

Prop. 206 Arizona Non-Smoker Protection Committee
* Neutral No position

Prop. 207 Free Property Rights Protection Act
* NO Will freeze comprehensive zoning and environmental planning & cost taxpayers millions

Prop. 300 Public Program Eligibility
* NO Would require education officials to do federal government’s jobs at a cost to Arizona taxpayers

Prop. 301 Probation for Methamphetamine Offenses
* NEUTRAL No position

Prop. 302 State Legislature Salaries
* YES Increases opportunities for working families to hold public office.



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Category: politics

Comments

4 Responses to “Arizona Propositions”

  1. Thomas
    October 27th, 2006 @ 10:04 am

    I can understand the sentiment, but I actually feel it’s more wise to read the ballot measures before forming an opinion. Basing a POV on what another group simply dislikes is a bit childish, no offense. But then being a Libertarian I voted against all but 2-3 of them 😉

  2. Vox
    October 27th, 2006 @ 12:27 pm

    No, no, no – I wasn’t suggesting I would vote in any particular way because of how a group felt about it. Simply that knowing a group that holds views that are SO far from mine supports or opposes a proposition gives me a bit of insight. I linked the official wording of the props specifically.
    I was also noting that the odds were good that if the AFL-CIO felt one way, I would feel the other. This list shows that to be true – generally. Interesting, too, are their comments on the individual props; completely oversimplified in the some circumstances, downright misleading in others.

  3. Special Agent Johnny Utah
    October 27th, 2006 @ 4:50 pm

    In political science there’s a HUGE literature on voter decision-making. One of the more interesting strands of that literature addresses the various devices that voters use to simplify the decision. Party ID is the most important and obvious one; that guy’s a Republican, I’m a Republican, I’m voting for that guy. On the propositions, sometimes my simplication tactic is like Vox’s…if I don’t have a strong feeling in my gut or brain one way or other, I look at the groups lined up on both sides and say, “I tend to think more like THESE people than THOSE people, so that’s how I’m gonna vote.”

  4. Thomas
    October 30th, 2006 @ 11:02 am

    Understand the point.
    I suppose if there was a group of big government socialist their approval might get me to lean the opposite way on some issues, oh wait, that is the group you showed. *chuckle*