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CFT November 2010 Election Recommendations Print E-mail

The stakes are very high in this year's November election.  Californians face a clear choice in candidates and ballot measures.  We can go down the destructive path of anti-education, anti-labor policies represented by Meg Whitman and other candidates who represent the narrow interests of corporations and Wall Street banks; or we can chart a new direction, starting with Proposition 25, for a majority vote on the state budget, and begin to restore the California dream of a vibrant place to live and make a future for ourselves and our families.

The California Federation of Teachers Committee on Political Education (CFT COPE) bases its candidate recommendations on candidate interviews and their records and stated positions relating to public education and labor issues.  CFT COPE makes its proposition recommendations by analyzing the potential impact of the ballot measure on public education and services, its potential impact on the ability of the CFT membership to serve the public (if applicable), and by assessing whether the ballot measure would improve the lives of most Californians.

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Majority Vote Budget Ballot Measure Print E-mail

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David Lyell, a Los Angeles substitute teacher, gathered signatures in a Tulare shopping center parking lot on March 13 to help place the Majority Vote Budget Act on the November ballot. Lyell was on the March for California's Future. 

On June 24, the Majority Vote Budget measure qualified for the state ballot for November 2010 as Proposition 25.

California is one of just three states that require a two thirds Legislative supermajority to pass a budget.  Under these circumstances, a small minority of legislators controls the state budget process, and ensures the continued decline of funding for public education and other vital social services.  Democracy is supposed to be simple majority rule (50% plus 1).  We have lost democracy in our state budget process, with terrible effects for all of us.  Proposition 25 will address that problem.
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