I sure do love receiving the phone calls (luckily to a voicemail only number) and the printed junk telling me what to vote for in the upcoming election. Luckily I don’t have to sit through the TV commercials as we skip through them on TiVo. One of the interesting pieces of junk mail we received today had Mac OS X written all over it. They modified the Finder’s Go menu and added Uncover->The Hidden Agenda. Very slick looking and then they used Safari for the web browser pictured in the ad.
The one proposition that annoys me the post, is Proposition 74 (these are California propositions that Governor Terminator got on the ballot). It changes teacher tenure which on the surface sounds like a good idea, but it really doesn’t solve the problem of getting rid of bad teachers. Furthermore, it is retroactive. My wife is in her third year teaching and was granted tenure this year. If the measure passes, they strip the tenure from her and she is on probation for another 3 years. That really sucks. It is hard enough to find good teachers that are passionate about there work, now to make it even harder to become a permanent teacher and easier to get fired, who is really going to want to become a teacher? It sure isn’t for the money. If you’re a California voter, at least vote NO on 74. (I don’t know enough about the other propositions to make an informed decision, but if Arnold is behind them, they’re probably bad.)