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Last-minute endorsements (06 November 2000)

Better late than never. Here are my picks for Tuesday's election in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

State Issue 1: No

They're pitching it as a way to preserve the enviornment, but it erodes the state Constitution. This amendment, taking in vain the holy name of brownfields redevelopment, overrides existing Constitutional prohibitions against state contributions to private businesses. Bad idea. Vote no.

Cleveland Issue 51: Yes

This ballot issue, which I'm expecting to pass easily, authorizes the City to negotiate electrical rates on behalf of all Cleveland residential customers who are not currently served by Cleveland Public Power. Solidarity forever. Good idea. Vote yes.

Ohio Supreme Court, January 1st term: Tim Black.

In a political and rhetorical environment that favors "tort reform" in civil cases, and draconian sentencing in criminal cases, it's probably good to balance the court with a liberal presence. The more Republican the court gets, the less traction there is for reactionary conservative forces. Vote for Tim Black.

Ohio Supreme Court, January 2nd term: Alice Robie Resnick

...if only to spite the Chamber of Commerce jerks who ran those horrible TV ads. Resnick has been a reasonably good judge. She is an accomplished legal scholar and has been considered fair by everyone except those with an ax to grind. Keep Alice Robie Resnick.

President/Vice President: Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke, Independent (Green).

You need more than this? I understand the hesitance of Democrats, but please. Gore is a drug-war-fightin', NAFTA-pushin', privacy-invadin', flag-wavin', incinerator-burnin' right-wing creep of a Democrat. I remember when people like Gore called themselves moderate Republicans. Like the early 1990s.

If you support Gore now, and he wins, you deserve what you get.

If you support Gore now, and he loses, what will you do? You'll have sold out for nothing at all.

Vote for Nader and LaDuke.

US Senator: John R. McAlister, Libertarian.

DeWine is a conservative Neanderthal; Celeste is in over his head. At least McAlister has a coherent ideology and the integrity to keep it. Vote for McAlister.

US House, 10th District: Dennis J. Kucinich, Democrat.

Sometimes I abstain from one-sided elections as a kind of curmudgeonly protest. But this is Dennis. Come on. Whose side are you on, anyway? Just forgive him for that ridiculous crusade against the 440 area code split in Parma, okay?

US House, 11th District: no endorsement.

One-party rule continues. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has been a typical liberal urban Democrat, no better or worse than many others. But the Republican Party really needs to run a candidate in that district once in a while, eh?

No, I mean besides James Sykora.

US House, 13th District: no endorsement.

I could probably support Sherrod Brown but haven't been studying his work long enough to say. You're on your own.

US House, 19th District: no endorsement.

LaTourette. Hmmmm. I can take him or leave him. You're on your own.

Ohio Senate, 24th District: Ed Boyle, Democrat.

Spada's ads are mean-spirited and factually incorrect. Boo on him. Vote for Boyle.

Ohio House, 12th District: blank ballot--none of the above.

The Republicans should be decertified if they can't run a candidate. Spite them all by voting for nobody.

Ohio House, 13th District: blank ballot--none of the above.

Again, the Republicans should be decertified if they can't run a candidate. And Mary Rose Oakar, as wonderful as she is as a person, really should get out of public life. It's a corruption thing, you know.

Ohio House, 19th District: Dale Miller, Democrat, highly recommended.

Dale Miller is an extremely intelligent, scrupulously honest, and faithful public servant with whom I happen to disagree frequently. Voters should keep him.

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