11 Awesome Props: Proposition 38
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. The best thing about Prop 38 is the certainty. Your income taxes get raised. And all […]
Petition to the Superior Court of California – County of Los Angeles
Under the laws of California, adult adoption is a legal procedure in which an older adult adopts a younger adult. Once an adult adoption is complete, the parties assume toward each other a legal parent-child relationship, with all associated rights and responsibilities of such a relationship, including inheritance rights. An adult adoption severs all existing […]
11 Awesome Props: Proposition 37
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. I’m terribly curious to know what’s in my food, unless it’s certified organic or sold in […]
11 Awesome Props: 36
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. I, for one, could not be more delighted that I get to vote on Prop 36. […]
11 Awesome Props – Part 6: Prop 35
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. Are you against slavery? Well, I am. And so are Californians Against Slavery, who are backing […]
11 Awesome Props Part 5: Prop 34
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. What I love about Prop 34 is that it’s so clean. A simple question. Do you […]
11 Awesome Props part 4: Prop 33
Intro to series: I used to be such a sourpuss about ballot measures, and especially those on this year’s ballot. Once, I even wrote a piece for the LA Times urging a no vote on everything. Fox & Hounds Daily readers kept telling me: you’re just so negative and cynical. The only time you say […]
Dumbest Donation Ever?
If I were one of the people behind that $11 million anonymous donation from an Arizona-based nonprofit to the No on 30/Yes on 32 campaign, I wouldn’t want anyone to know my name either. Because I wouldn’t want people to know that I’m that stupid. Seriously, do you remember a more counterproductive donation than this […]
11 Awesome Props Part 3: Prop 32
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. The best thing about Prop 32: it’s fair. The people behind Prop 32 just wanted to […]
Murder-Suicide? 30 vs. 38 Is Good – And a Model for Initiative Reform
For all our elections, there is so little real democracy in California that we no longer seem to know it when we see it. Just look at the orgy of commentary from the political elite and the media about the battle between Propositions 30 and 38. The politico-media consensus is that Prop 38 and its […]