From the smoke-filled back rooms of Northern California Power Politics, where Bay Area Bloggers and Readers (BARBARians) decide the fate of candidates and ballot initiatives, I bring you these suggestions:

Proposition 98

98 is evil and must be destroyed.

I think that just about sums it up.

Proposition 99

99 doesn't really do any material harm to the actual function of eminent domain, and it does address the classic "turning retired nuns out into the street to build a shopping mall" problem that the property rights fundies *say* they're addressing, so a yes vote could turn this issue off for a few years.

Getting property rights fundies to STFU? That could be worth a yes vote.

State Senate Races

In the theme of "there are other things happening in the world besides the nomination pie-fight", here is something that really "hits home".

Proposition 98 is a deceptive measure that a group of wealthy landlords placed on California's June 3, 2008 ballot. These landlords want you to believe the measure is only about ‘eminent domain', but Prop. 98 is full of hidden provisions that would hurt Californians.

More on this and other measures on the CA ballot over the weekend, but this is the most important one. I would hate to see this bullshit pass because everyone is too caught up in other things.