Cal Elections and a Waste of Time

[furtech]

This ballot may contend for "least inspiring ever". Considering the cost of this election and our state's deficit the process feels like dangerous waste of money. The propositions sound ridiculous to me: half of them say force the gov't to save more; the other half tells them to spend more. That's like telling people they -must- save to have a 12% savings buffer, while at the same time telling them they'll have to pay more for services and, oh, you're also getting a pay cut. What's the point of all this verbiage and law if it is impossible to enact or enforce?

Here in L.A. the city attorney's office is up for grabs between a crook and a ineffectual wimp (for the top L.A. law enforcement office!). I was leaning towards the ineffectual wimp until one of his bile-ads made an idiotic statement: [(Weiss) ineffectual wimp ad] "Trutanich even called the ban against murderous .50-caliber ammunition 'ridiculous.' "

First, that was taken out of context (the "ridiculous" was referring to local bans on ammunition-- Trutanich feels they should be pressing for state-wide bans). Second, Weiss' proposal to ban the "murderous" .50cal BMG is idiotic at the base. I can't remember a single "murder" in California where a 50BMG was used. It's a round rarely used by ordinary people and the guns that can fire them cost thousands of dollars and are heavier than a 7th grader's backpack!

I might buy a lot of BS in political ads because I just don't know better-- but the second a candidate says something that is patently false or misleading leads me to question ALL of his ads.

All of that being said, GO VOTE!

Comments

[djmermaid.livejournal.com]

yeah, and not only that, but don't we pay these bozos to balance their budget? what the heck, all the money is gone because they spent it and now they want *us* to figure out what to do about it?! sheesh!

and I also REALLY agree about dishonesty in politics. credibility goes out the window, because how can you know what else they are lying about? unfortunately it seems to be one of those jobs that attract people who really should not be doing them. :-/

it's sad, because it's an important part of public life, and it could do so much good, but it seems like it gets to be all about money and power for their own sake, and no one wants to help the schools or parks or even fix potholes in the streets.

of course, what they say is true: democracy is the worst system... except for the others.

hope this wasn't too ranty!