99 wins, 98 loses, by a landslide
Well, the results are in. Proposition 98 was voted down, 39/61, and Proposition 99 was voted in, 62.5/37.5.
I know some people on my friends list will not be happy about this, but I am. If you look at the county-by-county breakdown, there actually is not a SINGLE county where Proposition 99 didn't get a majority of the votes, which is not surprising, since 99 is a very "safe" bill. It doesn't do a lot, but the little bit it does do is definitely good (besides, of course, for the risk that people will think that the Kelo abuse is actually "fixed", when it isn't). However, Prop 98 tried to a lot of things all in one bill, some of which were very unpopular. It was long and complicated, and most people couldn't really understand all it's complex implications.
As a side note, does anybody know if the Kelo abuse has actually been used here in California yet?
I know some people on my friends list will not be happy about this, but I am. If you look at the county-by-county breakdown, there actually is not a SINGLE county where Proposition 99 didn't get a majority of the votes, which is not surprising, since 99 is a very "safe" bill. It doesn't do a lot, but the little bit it does do is definitely good (besides, of course, for the risk that people will think that the Kelo abuse is actually "fixed", when it isn't). However, Prop 98 tried to a lot of things all in one bill, some of which were very unpopular. It was long and complicated, and most people couldn't really understand all it's complex implications.
As a side note, does anybody know if the Kelo abuse has actually been used here in California yet?