So, we've had a few dropouts this week: Amy, Pete, and Tom are gone. Today's primary election could add to those names as Joe Biden, Bernie the Bern Man, Mike, and Elizabeth hope for good results. It could be a long night for all. Bernie seems to lead in California polls, but the rest of the states are a tossup.
Keep your eyes on the early returns for the latest call.
Meanwhile, many states have important local issues. In California, it's another Proposition 13, a measure that has already caused anxiety among voters as they are fed misleading information and also missing information as to the likely results of passage. The super majority legislators in Sacramento have concealed the "true" effects of passage by hinging passage of other related bills that would then go into effect. Basically, what happens is that tax increases would be able to pass without a 2/3's majority required. School districts could saddle home owners with significant property tax increases to pay for bonds to finance pensions, pay, and infrastructure improvements at the district level. There would be little control of the spending after any passage. This is what gave rise to 1978's original Prop. 13 that came to be as owners were taxed right out of their homes as assessments made gigantic increases inassessed valuations of homes. It could come back and drive the DEms from their lofty seats that currently dominate state politics.
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