Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Proposition 59
Here's a boring one. Prop 59 says some stuff about increasing public access to government records. It's one of those "everyone supports it" measures, as the "Con" argument provided by the Secretary of State is of the "it doesn't go far enough" type. Still, in the interest of completeness:
Beetle the Idealistic Voter supports increased public access to records, because otherwise, the government isn't accountable or something. YES.
Beetle the Pragmatic Voter opposes the mild increase in cost for the state, but hopes that public scrutiny will tie up government processes and prevent the state from doing things. Anytime the government doesn't do something, BPV wins. YES.
Beetle the Entertainer is disappointed at the presence of a ballot initiative which does not ignite exciting controversy, but will not go so far as to vote against prop 59 out of spite. Instead, BE hopes that increased public access to records will create scandals of various proportions. YES
Beetle the Bitter Foe of All Humanity sees the broad, almost unanimous support for this proposition, and makes the obvious endorsement: NO.
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