November 4 Ballot Recommendations – Connie Lee’s Picks

I’m a Republican who supports family values, a safe community and small government. Here are my recommendations for November 4, and I hope you will find them helpful.

Propositions – Recommendations are stated with the most concise summary possible

Proposition 1(A) – NO. This $9.95-billion bond toward a $50-billion rail system is flatly unaffordable.

Proposition 2 – NO. Primarily adds cage requirements for egg-laying chickens.

Proposition 3 – NO. This is a $980-million bond for children’s hospitals when $350-million remains from a similar bond we passed in 2004.

Proposition 4 – YES. Requires a physician to notify parents or guardians (with some exceptions) of an unemancipated minor 48 hours before an abortion; permission is not required.

Proposition 5 – NO. Replaces current drug programs with more costly ones, and it has loopholes for offenders.

Proposition 6 – NO. Creates mandatory spending for criminal justice – very costly and can’t be undone.

Proposition 7 – NO. Sets higher targets for renewable energy sources, raising our rates.

Proposition 8 – YES. Amends California constitution: marriage is between a man and a woman.

Proposition 9 – NO – a tough call. Expands the rights of victims to participate in each step of legal proceedings; contains some good provisions but may conflict with federal court decisions.

Proposition 10 – NO. Allows state to sell $5 billion in bonds for alternative fuels and renewable energy. T. Boone Pickens’ measure – a nearly bankrupt state gives the use of billions to investors.

Proposition 11 – YES. Draws new lines for Assembly, State Senate and Board of Equalization districts. Current ones (defining geographic areas) are ridiculous.

Proposition 12 – YES. Extends the veteran’s bond program for money to veterans to puchase farms, homes or mobile homes. Bonds are to be repaid from payments by veterans, although defaults can burden taxpayers.

J – County of Orange – YES. Gives voters authority to increase some retirement benefits for county workers.

President and Vice President – John McCain / Sarah Palin

United States Representative, 42nd District – Gary G. Miller

State Senator, 33rd District – Mimi Walters

State Assembly, 71st District – Jeff Miller

Judge of Superior Court, Office No. 12 – Kermit Marsh

So. Orange Co. Com. College Dist. Trustee Area 1 – David B. Lang
So. Orange Co. Com. College Dist. Trustee Area 3 – Arlene Greer
So. Orange Co. Com. College Dist. Trustee Area 6 – Thomas A. “Tom” Fuentes
So. Orange Co. Com. College Dist. Trustee Area 7 – John S. Williams

Capistrano Unified School Dist. Trustee Area 1 – Jack Brick
Capistrano Unified School Dist. Trustee Area 2 – Sue Palazzo
Capistrano Unified School Dist. Trustee Area 3 – Mike Winsten
Capistrano Unified School Dist. Trustee Area 5 – Ken Maddox

City of Mission Viejo City Council (vote for two): Cathy Schlicht and Neil Lonsinger

Santa Margarita Water District (vote for three): no recommendations

Municipal Water District of Orange Co., Director, Division 6 – no recommendation