You have a problem with unions? So you also have a problem with workers being treated humanely and being paid a wage they can LIVE on? Not survive, mind you, live on, comfortably.
It makes it easier for candidates to get on presidential primary ballots, and it makes it slightly easier for candidates who can't afford the filing fee to get on primary ballots. The bill abolishes the straight-ticket device, which is good because straight-ticket devices make it very difficult for independent candidates to win. However, the bill also eliminates public funding for judicial candidates, and it removes the box on the state income tax that lets taxpayers send a small donation to the political party of the voter's choice.
On a neutral note, it moves the presidential primary from May to February. And it changes the order of parties on the ballot. Current law always has the Democratic Party on top. The bill changes that so the party that won the governorship in the last election is on top. A good bill would give all parties an equal chance for the top spot on the ballot.
I would very much like to know how to find out which members of our illustrious elected are voting for these bills and which are in the pockets of lobbyists.
You won't recognize me. My name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old child who was shot in the face at point blank range by two black teens who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered me will not face the death penalty...too bad I was given a death sentence for being innocent and defenseless.
My family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so much as a single moment to acknowledge my murder.
I am one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but the media doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President Obama has no children who could possibly look like me - so he doesn't care and the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.
There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he would be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to demand justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the lives of those who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no representation and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life.
So while you are seeking justice for Treyvon, please remember to seek justice for me too. Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee shirts with my face on them and make the world pay attention, just like you did for Treyvon.
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