The star of the show this time seems to be a big, nasty ballot measure that's supposed to wipe out all forms of rent control in the state. I guess some political groups decided that it wasn't enough to have the highest cost of housing in the country, so they're trying to push through a ballot measure to enable the costs to go even higher...even faster.
We've got other ballot measures to sort through as well...there's always one for "affordable" housing and city workers' pension plans and near-identical regional politicians running against each other and keeping the Photoshop artists very busy doctoring up their images on the flyers and posters. And anyway, why am I often voting on things like workers' pensions, which should be decided on by my elected officials?
Another election, and still not the big one that we've all been waiting for since November, 2004.
Whatever happens on Tuesday, I'll be relieved when I stop getting a mailbox full of electoral propaganda every day and the annoying, pre-recorded phone blasts (with poor audio quality) in my voicemail. Here's just a sampling of what I've been tugging out of my mailbox and dropping into the recycling bin lately.
