Nov 7 Election Endorsement Summary

I'm off to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada today to see the Edmonton Opera's performance of Don Giovanni on Saturday November 4. While I'm gone I will reiterate all of my electoral endorsements for the November 7 election with probably no blog updates. I sent in my absentee ballot yesterday.

Office                                MadProfessah Voted For
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 District   Judy Chu
Proposition Number (Topic)                            MadProfessah
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 (Teen Abortion Parental Notification)           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)                                MadProfessah
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

Figuring out which judges to vote for is always difficult, particularly with limited information, but here is who I voted for:

Judicial Office             MadProfessah Voted For
State Supreme Court         Joyce L. Kennard
State Supreme Court         Carol Corrigan
Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District
Division One                Frances Rothschild
Division Two                Victoria M. Chavez
Division Three              Patti S. Kitching
Division Four               Norman L. Epstein
Division Four               Steven Suzukawa
Division Five               Richard M. Mosk
Division Six                NO ENDORSEMENT
Division Seven              Laurie D. Zelon
Division Eight              Candace D. Cooper
Division Eight              Madeleine Flier
Judge of the Superior Court
Superior Court, #8          Deborah L. Sanchez  
Superior Court, #18         John C. Gutierrez   
Superior Court, #102        Hayden Zacky        
Superior Court, #104        Bobbi Tillmon       
Superior Court, #144   Janis Levart Barquist