Mad Professah Endorsements For November 7 Election

The California statewide election is Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Exactly 21 days away. My absentee ballot has arrived and I will be voting for:

Office                                Endorsed Candidate
Governor                              Phil Angelides
Lieutenant Governor                   John Garamendi
Attorney General                      Jerry Brown
Secretary of State                    Debra Bowen
Controller                            John Chiang
Treasurer                             Bill Lockyer
Insurance Commissioner                Steve Poizner
Board of Equalization, 4th Distrist   Judy Chu
Proposition Number (Topic)                                 Position
Proposition 1A (Transportation Funding "Protection")           NO
Proposition 1B ($19.9bn Transportation Bond)                   YES
Proposition 1C ($2.85bn Housing/Shelter Bond)                  YES
Proposition 1D ($10.4bn K-16 Education  Bond)                  YES
Proposition 1E ($4.1bn Disaster/Flood Bond)                    YES
Proposition 83 ("Tough on sex offenders" measure)              NO
Proposition 84 ($10.5bn Clean Water Bond)                      YES
Proposition 85 (Parental Notification Measure)                 NO
Proposition 86 (Cigarette Tax Increase)                        YES
Proposition 87 (Alternative Energy Program Funded By Oil Tax)  YES
Proposition 88 (Fake Education Reform Property Tax Increase)   NO
Proposition 89 (Political Campaign Reform/public Financing)    YES
Proposition 90 (Overturns U.S. Supreme Court Kelo Decision)    NO

There are also some local (Los Angeles city and county) measures to be voted on

Proposition (Topic)                                Position
Measure H ($1bn Low-Cost Housing Bond)              YES
Measure J (Technical Fix to 2000 Prop. F)           YES
Measure R (City Council Term Limit Extension)       YES

In addition, two California Supreme Court justices who may be instrumental in winning the right to marry for same-sex couples in the upcoming case of Woo v Lockyer are up for confirmation of 7-year terms: Joyce L. Kennard and Carol Corrigan. I will be voting to confirm both of them. As usual, there are a slew of other (lower-level) judicial candidates that I have very little information about to make an informed choice about. I will try to have a separate post on judicial candidates by next Tuesday.