Found this in my mailbox on Friday -
First, the big one: Proposition 409.
It's a Maricopa County-wide ballot question about allowing the Special Healthcare District (aka - "Valleywise Health") to issue and sell $898M worth of bonds "to meet community need for healthcare facilities throughout Maricopa County."
The quote is from the publicity pamphlet for the question, a publication created to both inform voters that election is pending and the arguments for and against a particular proposition.
"For" arguments were submitted by folks from across the political spectrum; no "against" arguments were submitted.
The Phoenix Union High School District has two questions on the ballot, one for a budget increase and one for the continuation of a budget override.
The publicity pamphlet for those questions is here.
I'll be voting "Yes" on all of these.
I happen to think that a society whose members are healthy and educated is a strong society. And while I truly believe these measures should be passed unanimously, I also understand that there are people who are opposed to anything that doesn't benefit them directly and immediately.
I'm not one of those people.
