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Democracy In America

 

Don't Mess with our Ridges?

The people who are asking you to not mess with THEIR ridges are the ones who desperately need to read the Democracy In America by Alexis De Tocqueville and the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Private property is central to our style of democracy and our economic system. These No on Measure D people either have forgotten this, chosen to ignore it, or are without a clue. While many feel they are without a clue, that is not it. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. They just do not know history. If they are California educated, Marx and communism were relegated to the dustbin right after the baby boomers passed through the ivy covered halls. Once Reagan brought down the wall and ultimately communism and teachers were fully vested in “it takes a village,” Marx and Engels took a back seat to egalitarianism.





Opinion Pleasanton Poll

Pleasanton is represented by two congressmen and three assemblymen.
Ten years ago when we were reapportioned, we were essentially a Republican leaning city—one of two in Alameda County, Pleasanton and Piedmont—the two Ps. Not so today. Pleasanton now leans Democrat. This alignment was drawn up to reward incumbent politicians--Republican and Democrat alike. What it means today is that Pleasanton receives representation from politicians who have divergently different constituencies. Congressman Pete Stark, Fremont Democrat, represents a district, including a small portion of Pleasanton (one neighborhood on Foothill Road) that bears no resemblance to the district represented by Congressman Jerry McNerney who represents the rest of Pleasanton. (The fact that Mr. McNerney represents San Joaquin County in addition to his piece of the Pleasanton and Alameda County and John Garamendi represents Livermore in addition to Contra Costa and Solano and San Joaquin counties is another story.)

Is it time to change the way the state is reapportioned so that the districts bear some resemblance to the constituencies and are not established to reward incumbent politicians?

Yes
No



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