Field Poll Shows a Narrow Lead for 1A
The Field Poll finally got around to polling Prop 1A and the results are about what I’d expected after six weeks of the Reason Foundation and the Howard Jarvis Association flooding the state’s media...
View ArticleObama and Biden: A High Speed Administration?
I’ll be blunt. Since Barack Obama and Joe Biden look set to become our next president and vice president, and since polls show that Obama supporters also support Prop 1A it is worth reminding...
View ArticleYes on Proposition 1A
We’re gonna build this thing. Since my first post on HSR back in May 2007 I have been waiting for this day to arrive. When I began this blog in March I knew that it would be a difficult fight. NIMBYs,...
View ArticleProp 1A Results Thread
We got an HSR president into the White House. Will California follow? The Secretary of State’s site is running VERY slowly. The LA Times has a much better site. As of 10PM and with 18.2% reporting...
View ArticleNew Prop 1A Results Thread
Prop 1A is holding a narrow but steady lead – as of 12:45 AM we’re at 51.7% Yes, 48.3% No, a lead of 225,000, with 63.4% reporting. It may get tighter as more report, but we are holding firm. Some...
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All Aboard!
There are still some votes to be counted in the Inland Empire, and my own home county of Monterey still has not fully reported, but with 95% reporting and a 422,000 vote lead Proposition 1A looks to...
View ArticleBART to San Jose Lives?
High drama in Santa Clara County, where Measure B now has exactly the 66.67% needed for passage as of Monday afternoon’s update. Measure B is of course the 1/8 cent sales tax increase to help bring...
View ArticleThanksgiving Open Thread
According to the San Francisco Chronicle holiday travel was unusually light at SFO yesterday – the economic crisis keeping more folks at home? Perhaps people chose to drive to their in-state...
View ArticleWho Supported Prop 1A?
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a poll today that, among other subjects, asked voters why they voted as they did on Proposition 1A. The results are an interesting gauge of the...
View ArticleNeel Kashkari, Job Killer
The Republican who brought you the bank bailout, Neel Kashkari, wants to be the next governor of California. He’s taking the tried and true Meg Whitman approach, which worked so well that she lost to...
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