Daily Archive
Stories Posted on November 22, 2007
Political Gridlock
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: Ventura County Reporter
This spring, Oxnard's iconic Wagon Wheel Motel shut its doors forever, as the Westlake Village-based Daly Owens Group completed plans for its 64-acre mixed-use project known as The Village. Depending who you ask, those plans are either a blessing for the city that a possible new ballot measure known as the Oxnard Traffic Initiative could kill, or the latest in a series of massive developments facing the city that could further bog down an already aggravating traffic nightmare.
Doug Clark: State needs constitutional changes, too
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Virginia · Source: News & Record
Larry Sabato has a point.
Signatures Gathered for Statewide Ballot Measure
Category: Property Rights · State: California · Source: GlobeSt.com
A group calling itself Californians for Property Rights Protection is expected to submit more than one million signatures to state election officials here this week for an initiative it wants on the June 2008 ballot. Dubbed the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act, the initiative would end rent control in addition to restricting governments’ use of eminent domain.
Ballot measure on casino planned
Category: Gaming · State: California · Source: Petaluma Argus-Courier
A former Petaluma City Council member is leading an effort to place an advisory measure on a 2008 Sonoma County ballot regarding possible construction of a casino and resort complex in Rohnert Park.
Should Fertilized Eggs Have Rights?
Category: Abortion · State: Colorado · Source: Time Magazine
If Colorado for Equal Rights for Human Life and other anti-abortion groups can wrangle 76,000 signatures in the next six months, theirs could be the first state in the nation to vote on whether a fertilized egg should legally be considered a person. Despite resistance from abortion-rights groups, the Colorado Supreme Court on November 13 approved the ballot measure — 40 years after Colorado became the first state to relax abortion laws — giving a boost to a conservative political movement that has worked doggedly for decades to overturn Roe v. Wade. Colorado Right to Life spokesman Bob Enyart says, "Embryos are living human beings with eternal souls and spirits. You just have to refrain from killing one to see what a precious child it is."
Proposed S.F. ballot measure not tied to 49ers
Category: Stadiums · State: California · Source: San Francisco Chronicle
A coalition led by developer Lennar Corp. took a first step Tuesday toward asking San Francisco voters to approve new zoning for a remake of Candlestick Point and adjacent Hunters Point Shipyard into a new neighborhood that could feature thousands of homes, retail shops, industry, parks and, potentially, a new 49ers stadium.