# California Propositions 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 7, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2008/466870 "2008-10-07T17:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2008/466870/41 "2008-10-18T07:47:43Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > 11: YES. I love this. Let regular people determine the districts. The politicians hate this. I’d even considering applying for the committee.. It will not be “ordinary people”. It will be cronies and favorites. The “three auditors appointed by the State” will have enormous power and no one votes for them, nor are they responsible to the voters. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2008/466870/42 "2008-10-18T14:46:59Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It will not be “ordinary people”. It will be cronies and favorites. The “three auditors appointed by the State” will have enormous power and no one votes for them, nor are they responsible to the voters. Do you have a better solution? I am asking this sincerely. You’re correct about the auditors but you have to start somewhere to pick the panel. Applicants are barred from having run for any state or federal office, having been a lobbyist or having been a major political donor in the previous ten years. That’s a pretty good screen. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2008/466870/43 "2008-10-18T15:29:49Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > … > **8** : Eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry. Dems: NO. Pubs: YES… The ads for the “Yes” side have been unbelievable, even by Republican standards. They promise lawsuits, young children being exposed to gay marriage issues and the by far the worse thing, they show Gavin Newsom (the San Francisco Mayor) touting the recent CA Sup. Ct. ruling on the gay marriage with his “whether you like it or not” speach. I’ll vote “no” simply because I don’t care who gets married. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-propositions-2008/466870.md?page=2)