| Recommendations on State Ballot Measures for the Election of November 7, 2006 | |
| By Dan Fernandes on11/1/2006 12:00 AM | |
| | You will find the official state Libertarian Party position on all state ballot measures on it's website at http://ca.lp.org/voteguide_nov06.shtml The Party recommends a YES vote on Prop 1A and Prop 90, and a NO vote on everything else, except for no position on Prop 85. Just to prove my independent thinking, I dare to disagree on 1A and 85. Here is my reasoning. ... |  | |
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| November 2004 Post-Election Message – from Dan Fernandes | |
| By Dan Fernandes on11/10/2004 12:00 PM | |
| | I thank the more than fourteen thousand voters who voted for me in the November 2004 general election, and I thank the news media and event organizers who provided a respectful forum for me to express my views. Congratulations to my opponent, Bob Margett, who won re-election to the California State Senate by a margin of 28 points. ... | | |
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| Three Strikes Law (Prop 66) | |
| By Dan Fernandes on10/25/2004 5:08 PM | |
| | The Three Strikes Laws create injustices for everyone including the defendants, their families, and the taxpayers. What we are doing with our present Three Strikes Laws is often heartless, and makes no sense. ... | | |
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| Mental Healthcare Gravy Train (Prop. 63) | |
| By Dan Fernandes on10/13/2004 1:05 PM | |
| | Prop. 63 earmarks $750 million-plus annual tax expenditure for a narrow special-interest group, namely the mental healthcare industry in California. To pay for this, it assaults an already-burdened category of California taxpayers: those who earn more than $1 million per year. This taxing scheme is a sham which will likely raise no net revenue, but instead will drive enough high-earners out of state to do damage to California's jobs and economic development. ... | | |
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| Illegal Immigration | |
| By Dan Fernandes on10/3/2004 10:25 PM | |
| | Talk radio is full of concern these days about illegal immigrants taking away our jobs, burdening our welfare system, and possibly endangering our lives. Employers of illegals are vilified and threatened with prison. People talk of placing troops at the Mexican border to stop illegal traffic. What is going on here? ... | | |
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| Mandated Healthcare (Prop 72) | |
| By Dan Fernandes on8/29/2004 5:34 PM | |
| | What could have motivated the new California law, signed by Gray Davis in 2003, which compels any business with more than 50 employees to cover 80% of health care costs for their workforce? When this new mandate goes into effect in 2006, It will make California the first state in the nation to require employers to pay for health insurance. ... | | |
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| ACLU Healthcare Policy | |
| By Dan Fernandes on8/29/2004 1:19 PM | |
| | Yes, the American Civil Liberties Union is branching into healthcare policy. They sponsor a plan called SB 921 - Kuehl, "Universal Health Coverage for All Californians". It is, in ACLU-speak, a "single Insurance plan to be offered by the state of California ..." It's features are - ... | | |
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| Outsourcing Jobs | |
| By Dan Fernandes on8/28/2004 10:11 PM | |
| | We are hearing lately about job loss due to "greedy" U.S. corporations contracting for IT services with workers in India at low wage rates. John Kerry has stated "… I want to repeal every tax break and loophole that rewards any Benedict Arnold CEO .. for shipping American jobs overseas". However, Bush chief economist Gregory Mankiw calls outsourcing "… probably a plus for the economy." ... | | |
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