Does the average California Democratic Party leader understand the philosophical underpinnings of personal property rights under the U.S. Constitution or do they just reflexively opt for the policy that creates more government power? I want to know. I do know one Democratic party leader in south Orange County that is a liberal, but seems to me to understand that the basic economic model of the Constitution is worth preserving. But that’s the only example I can point too. Is she the exception that proves the rule?
Reading today’s Santa Barbara News Press, I note that "Daraka Larimore-Hall," the Santa Barbara Democrat party "chair," (this inspires so many more questions I have about Democrat party leaders, especially the women. Why do they have so many unusual names like "Daraka" and "Kamala," in comparison to Republican leaders? How come the Orange County GOP "chair" isn’t named something like "Tomas Fuentes-Billingsly?") said yesterday that the Democrats are "ready to hit the ground" in the Governor’s race and especially to oppose "a couple of power grabs by P G and E and the auto insurance industry" on the ballot. I do understand that Propositions 16 and 17 have business support, but just how are measures that allow people to vote on expansion of government power and which increase consumer choice for auto insurance "power grabs?" I don’t quite get that logic on the Democrat side, sort of like I don’t understand all the emphasis on hyphenation.
April 18th, 2010 at 12:00 am
The San Francisco Chronicle opposes Proposition 16 even though San Franciscans have consistently voted against public power. So, the neo-socialists came up with this back door, undemocratic method to takeover of a publicly traded company known as “community choice aggregation.” The neo-socialists at City Hall and their sympathizers on the Chronicle’s Editorial Board think they know better the majority of the citizens.
Why would anyone in San Francisco, or anywhere else, want to depend on the people who make the buses run on time and keep the streets paved to make sure the lights go on?