Editorial: The End of Democracy and Freedom in California Via the Legislature and Prop. 31 by Stephen Frank

Editorial: The End of Democracy and Freedom in California Via the Legislature and Prop. 31 by Stephen Frank

Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 8/29/12

If I wanted to kill honest elections and the right to local government rule I would do the following four things:

1. I would end elections that pit political parties against each other and make many districts one party, Cuban type, elections. That is what Prop. 14 has done. In 20 legislative districts it is Democrat vs. Democrat in November. In another eight districts, it is Republican vs. Republican. In NO district is an alternative political Party allowed on the ballot—and there are NO write-ins allowed for partisan office.

Charles Munger spent more than $10 million to take away your right to free and open elections in November. He was part of an effort to rid the Republican Party of a conservative member of the State Assembly, Allan Mansoor. Mansoor represents his district and Constitutional government, not the big government Agenda 21 takeover of individual rights. Prop. 14 allow Democrats to vote for Republicans in the primary, and vice versa. He is spending his money to end “partisan” politics. The effect is clear, under his plan California would have only one political party—and his wealth can shape it.

1. Then I would make it easier for voter registration fraud by allowing folks to register dogs, cats and the dead from the comfort of their living room computer. Starting next week California will allow online voter registration. The problem of course is that under the current system there is almost no verification of registrants. Most County Registrars of Voters do not have personnel to verify new registrations under the current system. Add these online “voters” and it is impossible to verify tens of thousands of computer registrations.

1. While it will not start till the 2016 elections, California will allow same day voter registration. That means on Election Day, under this law, you can show up at your County Registrar of Voters office, claim to be Elvis, register to vote—with no verification of documents allowed. They you vote—and disappear. Never to be found, but Elvis did get his vote in the ballot box. In Minnesota, it took them FOUR years to find over 1,000 illegal votes from the 2008 election—which was won by Al Franken by a few hundred votes. Corrupt elections will be over and bad policies in place before anyone can shout FRAUD. In this case Franken was the 60^th vote needed to give us Obamacare. One vote does count and thousands of fraudulent votes count even more.

1. Finally, I would end the right of a city council or county Board of Supervisors to set zoning, transportation or fiscal policy. That is what Prop. 31 does.

Beginning on page 9 SECTION SIX of Proposition 31, the 3 E’s of Sustainable Development/Agenda 21 are referred to repeatedly in the initiative.

(b) “The biennial (State) budget shall contain all of the following elements to improve performance and accountability:

…(3) A statement of how the budget will promote the purposes of achieving a prosperous economy, quality environment, and community equity, by working to achieve at least the following goals: increasing employment, improving education; decreasing poverty; decreasing crime; and improving health.

And on page 12, ARTICLE XI A. Community Strategic Action Plans.

Sec 1 (a) …the adopted budget of each local government entity shall contain all of the following…:

(1) A statement of how the budget will promote…a prosperous economy, quality environment, and community equity…

And on page 16 SEC. 6

(b) …The State shall promote the vitality and global competitiveness of regional economies and foster greater collaboration among local governments within regions by providing priority consideration for state-administered funds…

In other words, this sets up regional, unelected Commissions to determine spending priorities, winners and losers and tells a city council how much money they MUST spend on government transportation, affordable housing and where it must be built, use of energy and water through use of raising rates and much more.

California has ended its run as a free State. Corrupt elections, corrupt voter registration, one Party rule and unelecteds determining fiscal and local policy ends the need for a city council or elections—why waste the money if decisions are made by those you can not elect or Recall from office. The idea behind Prop. 14 was to get MORE people to vote. Instead, California had the lowest voting rate in June, in its history. Prop. 14 worked as intended, as a step to end democracy in California.

Will you fight back or watch re-runs of Seinfeld? The future is yours to choose. Which way California?