Garen Yegparian
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
It’s almost over. All I have left to cover are some local propositions. Everything else has been beaten to death. Make sure you vote. In a matter days, even hours, the November 8, 2016 Presidential Election will be history. Those who are sick and tired of the strangest, though possibly not most acrimonious, election in U.S. history will be thrilled or relieved. Those who don’t care and/or are clueless… will remain so. Those who love and live for the thrill of electoral battle will be going through withdrawal, unless of course a certain thin-skinned candidate pursues fantasies of voter fraud or rigged elections, and instigates violence. Then, the political junkies might get one last fix.
For a quick reference, please see the two attached tables. Explanations for the recommendations on the state propositions appeared in articles over the last month.
If you go to the County of LA’s election website, you’ll find dozens of local ballot measures. I will only address a few of them which affect jurisdictions with heavier Armenian populations or that are similar to one another topically. One general recommendation I have is this – if you live in a city that has a school bond measure, vote YES, since that will generate local money which can be used to match the state funds that will become available if state proposition 51 passes.
The County of LA itself has two ballot measures. One, Measure A, will help pay for parks and such. It is effectively just a “renewalâ€
