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Propostion 50: Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Costal Wetlands Purchase abd Protection. Initiative Statute

Proposition 50 will generate $3.44 billion through bonds for a variety of water projects, ranging from water quality programs to coastal restoration.
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Propostion 51: Transporation. Distrubution of Exisiting Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax. Initiative Statute

Proposition 51 sets aside 30 percent of the sales tax on new and used motor vehicles for improvements to roads, newer school buses, traffic congestion relief, better public transit and other traffic- ...
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Propostion 52: Election Day Voter Registration. Voter Fraud Penalties. Initiative Statute

Proposition 52 would allow voters to register to vote on Election Day, the only day that it is almost impossible to forget about registering.
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Oh, For Protest’s Sake

Peering out the window toward State Street last week, I could not help but be fascinated by the yuppies clad in oversized T-shirts depicting our president as the devil, jumbling together in their unin...
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Winged Death

With all the scary costumes, large men and frightening out-of-towners in I.V. last night, I ended up getting attacked - by a snowy plover.
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Are You Tired of Run Down Classrooms? Try Prop. 47.

A key issue on the Nov. 5 ballot is Proposition 47, a bond measure that would provide funding for education facilities throughout California.
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A.S. It Is: Redevelopment Blues

Parking, parking, parking; less spots to park in and a whole lot more parking fees.
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Step Away From the Car

The weatherneighbor
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Party Like It’s 1989

Waking up on Halloween was like waking up Christmas morning, only instead of presents you got drunk. I hold back a tear when I think that no one will ever again know the unadulterated joy of the party...
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Happy Halloween

Halloween, midterms, and Parents' Weekend. There is truly something evil about the season. At the very least, it will get things over with.
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Students Should Take an Interest in Our Nation’s Future

Our collective fates and the fates of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians are being decided upon at this very moment by the Bush administration, who now have complete congressional authority to use m...
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These Tasty Oral Tips Come Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

An Isla Vista Halloween brings out the Britney in every girl who would otherwise dress no sexier than a pencil case. It can bring the 6-foot-tall bong out in every male daydreamer. It is a time of mys...
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Blame Marshall and Students for I.V.’s Bad Rap

Since a great deal of us students currently reside in Isla Vista, whenever something goes wrong, the finger gets directly pointed at us. I.V. has degenerated into a poster-, trash- and graffiti-ridden...
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A.S. Should Keep a Closer Eye on RecCen Pool Use

I'm a little disturbed to read that the water polo team is using the RecCen pool. The RecCen is chartered to be used for recreation, not for intercollegiate sports.
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No One Marshals Support for the Environment Like Gail

In our county, these same kinds of special interests have bankrolled a recall to try to remove one of our strongest environmental defenders: Supervisor Gail Marshall.
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