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\"IWell, it is election day here in California, and I suppose I should tell you how I’m voting, because that’s what I do. None of this should be shocking. And it is kind of a boring election. Partly, this is true simply because I think that things are going reasonably well in the state. But going through everything has really made me realize that I need to pay more attention to what’s going on in education in this state. There is so much money to be made off educating California’s children, I have real questions about a lot of the people who are swarming around trying to “help” failing schools. Of course, I think the whole school reform movement is a joke anyway and I have radical ideas about education—namely that it shouldn’t be about providing the best labor force for the economy. We are educating citizens, not factory workers, or even worse, grill managers.<\/p>\n

Anyway, away we go…<\/p>\n

\n
Governor<\/dt>\n
Jerry Brown—not because I agree with him, but because he’s been a very good manager and he has shown that we need a governor who knows what he’s doing. Politics isn’t a job for amateurs—at least not at this level.<\/dd>\n
Lieutenant Governor<\/dt>\n
Eric Korevaar—because he’s a Democrat and he’s not Gavin Newsom. I don’t know, but when I look at Newsom, I see Mitt Romney.<\/dd>\n
Secretary of State<\/dt>\n
Derek Cressman—but I can’t remember why. I think I just liked his statement.<\/dd>\n
Controller<\/dt>\n
Betty Yee—because she seems to be the only serious Democrat.<\/dd>\n
Treasurer<\/dt>\n
John Chiang—he seems to be doing a good job and I’m a Democrat<\/dd>\n
Attorney General<\/dt>\n
Kamala Harris—Why break up a good team?<\/dd>\n
Insurance Commissioner<\/dt>\n
Dave Jones—I’ve given up on third parties, even though I do have a fondness for those kooks in the Peace and Freedom Party.<\/dd>\n
US Representative: 5th District<\/dt>\n
Mike Thompson—because he’s the only Democrat. I don’t have a problem with Thompson, but I do think he is too conservative for the district.<\/dd>\n
State Senate: 2nd District<\/dt>\n
Mike McGuire—Because I met him a long time ago and he seemed all right.<\/dd>\n
State Assembly: 2nd District<\/dt>\n
Jim Wood—because I have a bad feeling about John Lowry, who may be a perfectly good guy.<\/dd>\n
State Superintendent of Public Instruction<\/dt>\n
Tom Torlakson—because I don’t think Lydia Gutierrez is yet up for the job, and Marshall Tuck worries me.<\/dd>\n
County Supervisor: 4th District<\/dt>\n
Deb Fudge—because she’s the establishment Democrat, even though it is a non-partisan office.<\/dd>\n
County Controller<\/dt>\n
David Sundstrom—because I don’t like Gary Wysocky, who again, may be a perfectly great guy.<\/dd>\n
District Attorney<\/p>\n
\n
Jill Ravitch—because Victoria Shanahan is literally in bed with the Sheriff’s Department (she’s married to a deputy sheriff).<\/dd>\n
Proposition 41<\/dt>\n
Yes—I’m always for building homes for the poor.<\/dd>\n
Proposition 42<\/dt>\n
Yes—local governments are screwing with citizen rights.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

There you go. Not too exciting and some of my reasons are petty. That’s democracy, folks!<\/p>\n

If you live in California, you need to vote today. As far as I’m concerned, you owe it to me, just like I owed it to you and every other Californian. Citizenship is a responsibility. Find the time. Vote. However you vote, we as a country and a state are better for it.<\/p>\n

Afterword<\/h2>\n

For the record, I have not yet voted as I write this. It is not even 3 June 2014 yet. But this is how I will<\/i> vote, and by the time you read it, it will almost certainly be how I did<\/i> vote.<\/p>\n

Update (3 June 2014 8:21 am)<\/h2>\n

Well, I’ve voted. This was a weird election for me because for some reason, I got a mail-in ballot. I didn’t ask for one and I don’t like them. I like going to the polls—it’s fun. But I found out that you can get a mail-in ballot and still go to the polls. It’s actually a lot easier because there is no transcribing of my choices from the sample ballot. But since I’ve never done it before, it stressed me out. I had dreams about poll workers treating me hostilely. In one of them, she insisted upon weighing me and measuring my height to make sure I was the right person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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