tom_thinks
Thursday, October 21, 2004
tom_thinks voting guide
I've been doing some canvassing with MoveOnPAC recently and I've come across a few people who don't want to share who they are voting for. I can understand that as a tactic to get the guy at the door to just go away, but I feel we all need to be discussing our votes a lot more than we do. With that in mind here is how I voted today when I went to vote early (which I highly recommend):
President: John Kerry (pretty obvious)
U.S. Senate: Betty Castor (Dem)
Congressional Rep: Corrine Brown (I love her)
State Attorney: Bill Cervone (a Republican! This guy has come to the defense of protestors on many occasions and his challenger has very very poor qualifications)
State Rep District 23: Ed Jennings Jr (Dem)
Alachua County Sheriff: Bill Davis (Democrat, and the current sheriff is horrible, authoritarian and power hungry, I could go on for quite a while, but lets just say Steve Oelrich sucks and he's got to go)
Supervisor of Elections: Pam Carpenter (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 1: Mike Byerly (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 3: Paula Delaney (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 5: Rodney Long (Dem)
I voted to retain all the Justices and Judges; Jeb! would only appoint worse ones.
8Th Judicial Circuit Group 9 Judge: Harvey Baxter
County Judge: Walter Green
Florida Constitutional Amendments
1 Hell NO! (requires notification of parents for minor's abortion)
2 NO! (makes it harder to get amendments on the ballot)
3 NO! ( decreases percentage lawyers can get in medical malpractice cases; helps corporations the most)
4 NO! ( would allow slot machines to entice the poor to waste their money and lives away)
5 YES! (increases the minimum wage to $6.15)
6 NO! (would repeal the high speed train. We need mass transit f_ck the highways!)
7 YES! (allows patients to see a record of doctors adverse medical incidents)
8 NO! ( would stop any doctor with 3 malpractice incidents from practicing medicine in the state. #7 is a better way to deal with this)
Local Initiatives
Campaign Finance Reporting: Yes!
Limit Local Campaign Contributions to $250: Yes!
.5% sales tax for Parks and Recreation: yes
.5% sales tax to repair county and city roadways: yes
So there you have it, that's how I voted. I hope you vote that way too, but do what you feel. Please feel free to email with any comments.
President: John Kerry (pretty obvious)
U.S. Senate: Betty Castor (Dem)
Congressional Rep: Corrine Brown (I love her)
State Attorney: Bill Cervone (a Republican! This guy has come to the defense of protestors on many occasions and his challenger has very very poor qualifications)
State Rep District 23: Ed Jennings Jr (Dem)
Alachua County Sheriff: Bill Davis (Democrat, and the current sheriff is horrible, authoritarian and power hungry, I could go on for quite a while, but lets just say Steve Oelrich sucks and he's got to go)
Supervisor of Elections: Pam Carpenter (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 1: Mike Byerly (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 3: Paula Delaney (Dem)
Alachua County Commission District 5: Rodney Long (Dem)
I voted to retain all the Justices and Judges; Jeb! would only appoint worse ones.
8Th Judicial Circuit Group 9 Judge: Harvey Baxter
County Judge: Walter Green
Florida Constitutional Amendments
1 Hell NO! (requires notification of parents for minor's abortion)
2 NO! (makes it harder to get amendments on the ballot)
3 NO! ( decreases percentage lawyers can get in medical malpractice cases; helps corporations the most)
4 NO! ( would allow slot machines to entice the poor to waste their money and lives away)
5 YES! (increases the minimum wage to $6.15)
6 NO! (would repeal the high speed train. We need mass transit f_ck the highways!)
7 YES! (allows patients to see a record of doctors adverse medical incidents)
8 NO! ( would stop any doctor with 3 malpractice incidents from practicing medicine in the state. #7 is a better way to deal with this)
Local Initiatives
Campaign Finance Reporting: Yes!
Limit Local Campaign Contributions to $250: Yes!
.5% sales tax for Parks and Recreation: yes
.5% sales tax to repair county and city roadways: yes
So there you have it, that's how I voted. I hope you vote that way too, but do what you feel. Please feel free to email with any comments.
posted by Tom, 10/21/2004 08:54:00 PM
