We’ve all heard that it’s been one year since we elected President Obama, accepted gay marriage as a sin, and decided that former president George Bush isn’t good enough to have a waste plant named after him. Last year’s election truly was an emotional and historical election for many reasons.
This year’s local election did not seem to have as much of an impact on San Francisco voters. Why? Maybe the propositions are trivial. Why do we need to have a ballot to rename Candlestick Park? It’s not the name of a ballpark that makes it special. It’s the team and its supporters that make the park and its name special. On the topic of that proposition, is it a coincidence that the proposition letter is the same letter as the first letter of the park’s name? Something smells cheesy in this proposition. Surprisingly 57% of the voters approved of the name change for Candlestick Park. Out of 73,000+ voters that came out on Tuesday, about 42,000+ decided it’s time for a name change. Why? Maybe we don’t have anything better to do.
Honestly, who would really want to go out and vote on a park, or how to process a budget, or to ban ads on city owned property.
We need to really to focus on the actual budget, instead of spending our money on these ridiculous propositions; we need to focus on real city issues, such as construction, drugs, crime, education, etc.
Seriously San Francisco, next time we have an off year election, think of real propositions, like health care plans, or how much to spend on swine flu research, or how to improve bike safety. Those are real propositions with real meanings that might draw in more voters. Now I ask: How much was spent on this election with all the campaigning, etc? If I find out, I’ll let you know.
Sources:
SFist
http://sfist.com/2009/11/04/sf_election_results.php
SF Gov.
http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=92589
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