Freedom loses...

...in several places. While I said in my previous post that both candidates running for VA governor were not ideal, I'm afraid that the winner, Tim Kaine, is going to push a tax increase agenda that will negatively affect everyone in the state. That being said, compared to most democrats he is very centrist in his stances. Another, local issue that (unfortunately) passed here was a school bond for Fairfax County that was in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Freedom really lost in California. Governor Schwarzenegger's ballot proposals (several of which should be passed, such as requiring teachers to work 5 years for tenure and prohibiting union dues from being used in political races without consent of the workers) all failed. Worse yet, the city of San Francisco decided to ban all handguns. I encourage groups such as the Pink Pistols who have a presence in the city to tell all their members to not give up their guns when the April 1 deadline approaches. If the SF police come knocking at your door, tell them you don't own one, if they come in to search for it... just remember that the British tried the same things; everyone can be a patriot.

San Francisco now joins Washington DC and Chicago with an outright ban of guns, although the other two cities did not confiscate existing handguns. Hopefully, San Francisco will also join these cities as far as crime rates go, as Washington DC's shot up (pun intended) after handguns were banned.

San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly said, "San Francisco voters are smart and believe in sensible gun control...If Prop. H gets some handguns out of San Francisco and mitigates some of the violence, then it's a win."

This man is an idiot. All Americans now know, if you want to go to a city whose residents are totally defenseless, who you can easily rape, rob, and kill, San Francisco is the place. Criminals from Oakland are going to take note of this very quickly, and we'll see if this proposal really "mitigates some of the violence." More than likely, it will aggravate it.

The only glimmer of hope is that groups such as the NRA, Gun Owners of America, and the Pink Pistols will join forces in a lawsuit challenging this egregious decision, though I doubt if the Ninth Circuit has read the Constitution lately.

Lastly, Detroit. I don't even want to talk about what happened there. All I can say to my readers is, does this "hip-hop mayor" look like someone you would want running your city, especially after reading this.

Voting in VA

According to the Post, this year's race for Governor of Virginia is one of the closest ever.  There are 3 candidates, though only 2 have a chance of winning: Jerry Kilgore and Tim Kaine. 

 

Neither candidate really wins me over.  Jerry Kilgore (R) has presents some problems with his conservative social values, especially his condemnations on things like gay marriage.  Tim Kaine (D) seems to agree with my views on most social issues, but he wants to follow in Mark Warner's shoes, which means he would most likely increase taxes.

 

Another issue is development, which is especially important in No.VA.  Housing prices are extremely high, a 2500 sq ft house runs about $500,000.  Tim Kaine has publicly stated that he wants to "stop out of control development."  What this will inevitably lead to is housing prices increasing in this area, affecting all residents. 

 

When it comes to voting, especially when there is no Libertarian candidate on the ballot (something I hope to change in the future), I usually vote with my pocketbook, so I endorse Jerry Kilgore for Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

 

There is another race going on in Virginia.  Unlike most localities, we elect our Attorney General separately.  The two candidates running for this office are R. Creigh Deeds (D) and Robert F. McDonnell (R).  Comparing them side-by-side I see few differences.  Believing that it is best to have a balanced government (though hopefully its not on the wrong side of balanced, i.e. socially conservative and fiscally liberal), I endorse R. Creigh Deeds for Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia.