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D O N N A F RY E
M A R I A K ORNALIAN
S TA F F W R I T E R
Serving as a councilmember for San
Diego since 2001, Donna Frye is also a
business owner with a bachelor’s degree
in business. State Sen. Christine Kehoe
honored Frye as the 2004 Woman of the
Year.
Councilwoman Frye said she believes
the city’s primary concern should be to
provide its residents with “core city services (such as) parks, libraries, police, fire,
streets, sewer and water, sidewalks and
recreation centers,” according to her Web
site www.donnafryeformayor.com.
In an attempt to support honest governmental practices, Frye founded and
served as the first Chair for the
Government Efficiency and Openness
Committee. Among many reforms, the
committee worked to improve the
Retirement Administration’s system for
sending checks to retirees who were
deceased.
Frye has proposed several courses of
action for the city, which she believes will
improve the quality of life for its residents:
Frye’s campaign is largely based around
her “AAA Plan” – what she says “provides
an honest solution (and) accountability ...
with an equitable mix of spending cuts
and only if necessary, a temporary sales
tax increase dedicated to balancing the
budget and wiping out the debt,” according to her Web site.
The three “A’s” in her plan stand for
“Accountability: one person, the mayor,
will be responsible for fixing the problem
and be accountable to voters; Assurance:
The problems will be solved with a comprehensive plan that assures (a) financial
mess will never happen again; and
Approval: The voters have a voice in the
solution because they have the final
approval of (the) fiscal plan,” according to
Frye’s Web site.
•The plan will allow the mayor to be
entirely in charge of implementing a recovery plan alongside the city attorney. The
plan will then be introduced for voters to
approve by the November 2006 elections.
•Collect funds from city redevelopment agencies who owe the city $20 million.
•Settle a management agreement with
the state retirement system to directly control San Diego’s retirement funds and save
$20 million.
•Hold off on hiring an average of 246
“administrative and non-public safety
positions” to save $12 million.
•Re-managing how much the city uses
expensive consultants and attorneys; by
reducing these, the city will save at least
$5 million.
•Encourage the city attorney’s effort in
ceasing payments made for benefits to current employees, which have been illegally
approved. This will save the city $50 million.
A temporary half-cent sales tax
increase, which would add $100 million to
the city’s revenue. Frye insists this is a last
resort and will be implemented “only if
(it’s) necessary, and only as part of a comprehensive solution package,” according
to her Web site.
The tax will accumulate more than $1
billion through the course of the next 10
years. All of the funds generated from the
sales tax are to be used for the city’s debt
reduction.
•Frye is also opposed to selling any
see FRYE on page 3
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I N D E P E N D E N T S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R
SAVING
S A N
D I E G O
M a yoral hopefuls Donna F r ye and Jerr y Sander s b o t h s p o k e t o S D S U s t u d e n t s d u r i n g
recent on-campus appearances. Daniel Sakow / Staff Photographer, Derrick Tuskan / Photo Editor
ANALYSIS
When the lights go
down in the city
SA M H O D G S O N
CIT Y EDITOR
As San Diegans are poised to have
their voices heard in the Nov. 8 special
election, the city remains in jeopardy of
imploding into economic and political
pandemonium.
City Hall is essentially leaderless with
the absence of a true mayor. Two councilmen may be headed to prison for
receiving bribes from strip club owners.
Even one congressional representative’s
15-year political career is shrouded in
scandal.
And to top it off the Chargers are trailing the Denver Broncos and the Kansas
City Chiefs in the AFC West.
It’s a sad, sad state of affairs for San
Diego.
But as any historian will profess, it’s
important to learn from past mistakes —
something that in the last few years, San
Diego has had no shortage of.
So, how did “America’s Finest City”
arrive in this political quagmire?
First, let’s talk elections. Former
Mayor Dick Murphy was sworn in for
his second term less than a year ago, following weeks of controversy concerning
write-in candidate Donna Frye.
Votes that could have tipped the electoral scales in Frye’s favor were not
counted, as some voters did not fill in
the bubble next to the space where they
wrote in her name, or did not spell it correctly.
As Frye supporters demanded their
day in court, the fate of the surferturned-politician’s career seemed to be
hanging like a Florida chad.
Justice was arguably served on Feb. 2
— almost two months after Murphy was
sworn in for his second term — when an
Orange County judge ruled that about
5,500 Frye votes would not be counted.
While the sky appeared to be clearing
for Murphy, the incumbent’s victory was
merely the calm before the storm.
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J E R RY S A N D E R S
B ARBI SM I T H
A S S I S TA N T C I T Y E D I T O R
Former San Diego Chief of Police, Jerry
Sanders said as mayor he would re-organize staff, utilize the private sector, reduce
overhead costs to pull the city out of debt
and preserve basic services, according to
his
Web
site,
www.jerrysandersformayor.com.
With an experienced background in
company “turn around” and volunteer
work in the community; some of his credentials listed on the Web site include:
•President and CEO of the United Way
of San Diego County (April 1999).
•Board of American Red Cross San
Diego and Imperial counties chapters (July
2002).
•Founding partner and consultant for
local high-tech start-ups involving homeland security and infrastructure.
Following a 26-year career with the
police department, Sanders is currently
chair of the San Diego Police Foundation,
established to raise private funds for SDPD
equipment and training programs, according to the Web site.
“Right now we see a city that is in crisis, a city that is paralyzed, that can’t make
decisions — refuses to make decisions,”
Sanders said. “And the decisions that have
been made have not been good decisions.”
In order to improve the city’s crisis, the
“Sanders Action Plan,” would make several
changes to city employee hiring procedures and would include hundreds of layoffs. His plan is oriented toward the following:
•A salary freeze saving $35 million
annually.
•A mandated leave of absence for all
city personnel. This would require time off
for vacation without pay.
•Requiring an “Ethical and Legal
Standards,” pledge to keep city officials
committed to ethical leadership.
•Appointment of an Internal Affairs
Officer to protect free speech within the
workplace.
•Asking 300 at-will city managers to
voluntarily resign.
•Increasing employee pension contributions to 50 percent. The discounted
years of service, buying years toward retirement without actually working them,
would increase from what some city council members purchased for only 15 percent, Sanders said.
•Taking $20 million annually from the
community development block grant and
putting it toward infrastructure such as
repaving roads.
According to Sanders, the CDBG was
intended for this type of service.
•Restructuring real estate assets, which
would mean selling property that is not
being used, or that has no use to the city.
The money earned from this one time sale
would be used to pay for one-time fees,
according to the Web site.
•Cap city contributions for future
retiree health care.
•Raising the retirement age five years,
from 55 to 60.
Dealing more with the pension crisis,
Sanders said it will be a perplexing problem, yet a solvable one. In order to cut pensions (fixed amounts of money paid to
retirees regularly), the Sanders Web site
stated the legality of current benefits must
first be decided in court to begin proper
negotiation.
see SANDERS on page 3
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FRYE: Mayoral
hopeful says that
it’s important to
know her platform
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SANDERS: Former
police Chief says
that he has what
San Diego needs:
leadership skills
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public land such as the Torrey
Pines Golf Course.
“Whether or not (Torrey
Pines) is a believable example, do
believe me when I say today that
(people) have expressed interest
in buying Torrey Pines Golf
Course and some of the other
lands that I believe should remain
in public hands,” Frye said.
Frye, who spoke at San Diego
State on Oct. 13, said to students:
“I think it’s important that you
know where I stand, what I
believe and what may happen
before I’m elected, not after you
elect me.”
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Mayoral candidates Jerr y Sanders and Donna Fr ye squared of f in a debate Wednesday. Andrew Huse / Staff Photographer
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While restructuring the city
and negotiating with unions,
Sanders said he does not believe
in passing the city’s mistakes on
to the citizens through increased
sales tax. The city should allow
local business to expand, he said,
creating more jobs and a natural
increase of taxes through employment.
“I’ve had an excellent opportunity to exercise administrative
skill, management skills and leadership skills,” Sanders said. “And
that is exactly what the city of San
Diego is going to need.”
LIGHTS: Whoever inherits the city’s
financial drama has a long road ahead
innocence, but were forced to resign
from their posts, leaving open counOn April 18, Time Magazine cil seats in their districts.
named Murphy one of the three
The vacancies created by seedy
worst big-city mayors in the United dealings by councilmen and poor
States. Days later, Murphy decisions from the city’s “leaders,”
announced his resignation, which are two essential components to
became effective July 15. While San understanding the plight of the city.
Diego may be a Navy town, Captain But, what corruption wave would
Murphy was not prepared to sink be complete without a federal inveswith his ship.
tigation into the dealings of a local
Frye’s mayoral aspirations were congressman and a national defense
rejuvenated. According to The San
contractor.
Diego
UnionAccording to the U-T
Tribune, Frye and
Rep. Randy “Duke”
former
police
Cunningham sold his
Chief
Jerry
Mar-area home for
On April 18, Time Del
Sanders knocked
$1.68
million
to
off local rivals —
Magazine named defense
contractor
ranging from busiWade in 2003.
Murphy one of the Mitchell
nessmen to motorMonths later, Wade
cycle-shop owners
t h r e e w o r s t sold the house for a loss
— with 43.2 perbig-city mayors in of $700,000.
cent and 27 perWade, the founder
the United States ... of the defense contraccent, respectively.
Sanders’ closest
While San Diego tor Cunningham was
challenger Steve
of helping to
may be a Navy accused
Francis fell short
gain
Defense
with 23.5 percent.
t o w n , C a p t a i n Department contracts,
But no single
also allowing
Murphy was not was
candidate
capCunningham to stay
tured a majority
prepared to sink rent-free on his boat
vote, and a runoff
while in Washington.
with his ship.
election
was
The scandal exploded
s c h e d u l e d
through local and
between Frye and
national media outlets
Sanders, marking
and
Cunningham
the beginning of
began stocking his legal
Frye’s third campaign in one year.
defense fund like a hotel mini-bar.
“Obviously, you always hope
Roughly a year after the U-T offithat we could get this done tonight,” cially endorsed Cunningham’s canFrye told the U-T as the results rolled didacy, it broke the story that shatthrough. “But hey, I am thrilled.”
tered his career.
And while Frye made headway at
Now an embattled Cunningham
the ballot box, two city councilmen faces the legal struggle of his career
— 8th district Rep. Ralph Inzunza and the city of San Diego is staring
and 2nd district Rep. Michael down the barrel of a loaded fiscal
Zucchet — faced trial over the sensa- gun.
Be it Frye or Sanders, whomever
tional Strippergate scandal.
On July 18, the two were convict- inherits this orphan of a crisis faces
ed of taking kickbacks from strip the daunting task of pulling a city
club owner Michael Galardi to up by its bootstraps — not just making the necessary financial adjustrescind San Diego’s no-touch law.
Zucchet, who was acting mayor ments — but also saving face for a
at the time, and Councilman city that has so much to lose.
Sweet home San Diego.
Inzunza were quick to reiterate their
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Students who may not have other wise voted could be enticed by the prospect of donuts. Sam Hodgson / City Editor
Some students donut like to vote
Many youth flock to polls while others are deterred by politics
S A M H O D G S O N & BA R B I S M I T H
C I T Y E D I T O R & A S S I S TA N T C I T Y E D I T O R
Apathy is a word commonly associated with the
seemingly disaffected youth of America – particularly around election time.
But the long lines that flowed out of Aztec
Center during last year’s presidential election show
that some students at San Diego State do partake in
the democratic process.
Advertising sophomore Ashley Hart said that it
is every citizen’s responsibility to vote.
“A lot of my friends don’t vote and it makes me
mad,” she said. “It’s just because they say they don’t
have time, or they don’t care about it.
“(Students who don’t vote) have to take some
initiative of their own.”
Hart said that students should have no problem
keeping informed with politics because it is as easy
as watching TV or reading a newspaper.
Brian Adams, assistant professor of political science said there are a variety of reasons why some
students choose not to vote.
“A lot of candidates don’t talk about issues that
students care about,” Adams said. “I mean, thinking
on a national level, in the 2004 presidential election
— they talked about health care, Social Security,
other issues like that, things that students don’t
really care about — they didn’t talk about financial
aid.
“I think candidates have given up trying to lure
the youth vote in a lot of cases, simply because they
haven’t voted in the past.”
Some students claim the problem is that they do
not have the time or resources to stay up to date on
local issues.
English junior Sarah Jolitz said she would not
vote in today’s election because she is not informed
about it.
“I’m actually from Santa Cruz and it’s really hard
for me to keep up with the politics down here, as
well as the politics up there,” Jolitz said. “So even
though I have one of my best friends who works for
the Democratic Party riding my butt for it, I won’t
be voting down here.”
Jolitz also said it can be difficult to read between
the lines of sometimes complex political material.
But biology sophomore Nick Glembotski — who
already voted with an absentee ballot — said the
debates on TV and the voter pamphlet make it easy
for students to educate themselves on politics.
“Most kids, they don’t think it matters,”
Glembotski said. “They think they are too busy
with their lives and they don’t really realize the
importance of it.”
While some issues may hit home with some students, Adams said they move from place to place
with great frequency, resulting in apathy toward a
particular area.
“You have a lot of students who live in (Pacific
Beach),” Adams said. “And they are not going to
care who they elect as their city council there,
because they are probably going to move in a couple of years anyway.”
Adams also said that the nomadic element of
SDSU students affects the way they look at state
funding toward higher education.
“Some of the ballot initiatives that are on the ballot for this election may very well influence funding
for SDSU,” Adams said. “But it’s going to influence
funding long-term.”
Communication freshman Nicole Levy will not
be participating in the elections today — and there
is no dispute as to why. Levy’s inaction is a matter
of circumstance and not a result of apathy.
“I am not voting because I am not an American
citizen, but I wish I could vote,” she said. “I think
it’s just important to get your voice out there.
“One vote can make a difference.”
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Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Practice your right to vote
“S
o,” you ask, “Why should I vote?”
ly won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 — a
mere 144 years after the nation was
It’s a good question. Ask it of most
founded.
and you’ll probably hear answers that
About the same time, the situation
contain patriotic sentiment and instrucwasn’t much better for America’s black
tions about “performing
citizens. Having been
one’s civic duty.” And to be
freed from slavery in
fair, these are valid — though
1865 and gaining the
lesser — reasons for you to
right to vote in 1870 (conIn 1776, the great stitutional amendments
cast a ballot in today’s mayoral and special elections.
year of American 13 and 15, respectively),
There are vastly more sigmen were still havi n d e p e n d e n c e , black
nificant and compelling reaing difficulty getting to
New Jersey was the polls.
sons to participate in the
process, especially in this
Unable to violate
the only colony
country, but discussing them
blacks’ newfound rights
that allowed its directly, certain racist
has the potential to be disruptive to our national parafemale citizens the politicians — primarily in
digm — our perception that
southern states — took a
right to vote — an more sinister and less
America is and always has
been “the land of the free.”
allowance New obvious approach: Poll
In order to preserve our
and literacy requireJ e r s e y ’s l e a d e r taxes
national identity, we don’t
ments were illegally instiunconstitutionally tuted and enforced
often tread into the darker
waters of America’s history
rescinded in 1807. throughout the South.
with the intention of dragMany impoverished and
ging out former loathsome
uneducated blacks sudnational policies into the
denly found themselves
light of day. But when we do,
disenfranchised. Those
we can only hope that in
who made it through the
doing so, we may gain a bit of insight and red tape were further subjected to disperhaps a modicum of respect for somecouragement of a more rudimentary
thing we have forgotten the importance
nature. White supremacist groups began
of — such as voting.
a campaign of persecution against black
That being said, the Editorial Staff of
voters that included intimidation, beatThe Daily Aztec respectfully suggests conings and murder.
sidering the following as you ponder
Ninety-four years after blacks were
whether you will cast your ballot today.
first given the right to vote, the 24th
In 1776, the great year of American
Amendment abolished poll taxes and, in
independence, New Jersey was the only
1965, the Voting Rights Act made literacy
colony that allowed its female citizens the requirements for voting illegal. Blacks
right to vote — an allowance New Jersey’s
could finally cast their ballots without
leaders unconstitutionally rescinded in
fear of reprisal or death.
1807. By the turn of the century, only a
Today, when you step up to that cardfew territories such as Wyoming had
board cubicle to make your mark on a
given women the right to vote.
ballot, take a moment to consider and
In the cities of the early 1900s, intelsilently thank the thousands of American
lectuals such as Alice Paul became fed up
men and women who fought to ensure
with second-class citizenship and began
voting equality for men and women of all
organizing protests and demonstrations.
races. Some of them gave up their lives so
Women who participated were routinely
that all of us can now hold those delicate
harassed, beaten and arrested on bogus
slips of paper in our hands.
charges. Regardless, the movement
Honor the sacrifices of those who
gained steam and caused Congress and
made the power of the vote a reality for
President Wilson’s administration to
everyone.
buckle under the pressure. Women finalMake your vote count.
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Capit alism benef i t s
reaped wit h rationality
here’s been a lot
T
of buzz about
Barbara Ehrenreich on
ROLLIN
than $800 per month.
Increasing rent forces many of the
poverty-stricken workforce to live in
campus lately. The
residential hotels, which are often subplay based on her
standard.
book, Nickel and
However, high housing prices are
Dimed: On (Not)
simply the product of supply and
Getting by in America,
demand. For example, San Diego is
was presented at the
home to 1.2 million people, and
Don Powell Theater
Texarkana, Ark., is home to only 28,000
and, on Thursday
people, according to the U.S. Census
Nov. 3, Ehrenreich
Bureau. In San Diego, the cheapest onegave a stirring lecture
bedroom apartments go for $775 per
V E RO N I C A
on the book.
month, according to the MSN Real
She addressed
Estate Web site,
multiple issues concerning the income http://realestate.msn.com/rentals — most
of which are around San Diego State. In
gap in the United States, starting with
Texarkana, the cheapest one-bedroom
competing theories on the many causapartment is only $420 per month.
es of poverty. Ehrenreich argued that
The difference in price is related to
while character flaws — such as alcothe population. The more populated an
holism or promiscuity — are the popuurban area is, the less land there is for
lar theory concerning the cause of
housing; the less land available for
poverty, its real origin of it boils down
housing, the more valuable the land.
to a lack of money.
Landlords must pay market prices for
But the notion that character flaws
land they build property on, so it’s only
can lead to poverty basically states
fair to allow them to charge market
that most of the time a person’s faults
value to their tenants. If the land is
are the sole reason of their financial
expensive, the rent will be expensive.
burdens.
This is what Ehrenreich ignores —
Take promiscuity at an early age, for
the logical reasons why
example. According to
our capitalist society is
statistics on poverty
this way. A majority of
from the United States
landlords charge high rent
Census Bureau, 58 percent of families headed
... capitalism isn’t not because they’re coldand greedy. They
by a single mother
a b o u t c h a r i t y. blooded
base rent prices on the
between the ages of 18
C a p i t a l i s m i s costs and risks of owning
and 24 fall under the
poverty line. Meanwhile,
a b o u t g i v i n g property, and the amount
they need to earn to make
only 5 percent of famieveryone an equal a profit.
lies headed by married
Ehrenreich stated that
couples between the
o p p o r t u n i t y to
poverty and class polarizaages of 45 and 54 fall
make the most of tion aren’t natural. True,
under the poverty line.
the meager wages and
In other words, having a
their lives.
often deplorable condichild during, or immeditions of the working poor
ately after, high school is
don’t have to be a fact of
more likely to lead to
life, but the haves and
financial hardships than
having children later in life or within a have-nots will always remain.
They will remain because capitalism
marriage.
isn’t about charity. Capitalism is about
These statistics align with common
giving everyone an equal opportunity
sense; teenage mothers are more likely
to make the most of their lives. Those
to be poor than ones who are older or
who do, reap the benefits; those who
single. Just as people without high
don’t, suffer the consequences.
school diplomas are more likely to be
poor than people with them.
Therefore, in many cases, the difference —Veronica Rollin is a political science junior and a staff columnist for The Daily
between being wealthy or poor lies in
Aztec.
the choices an individual makes.
Another point Ehrenreich men—This column does not necessarily reflect
tioned was the high cost of rapidly
the opinion of The Daily Aztec. Send edecreasing availability of affordable
housing, something San Diegans are no mail to [email protected].
Anonymous letters will not be printed —
stranger to. Even in the Twin Cities of
include your full name, major and year in
Minnesota, Ehrenreich said she couldschool.
n’t find an apartment rental for less
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1923: In what is known as the Beer Hall Putsch (revolt), Adolf Hitler and General Erich Ludendorff march on
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CITY
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Proposition
73
Proposition 73 would ban according to the guide.
abortion for minors, unless they
In opposition, some feel that
wait 48 hours after telling their taking away the privacy of an aborparents/legal guardians, with the tion leads young women to unsafe
exception of a medical emer- practices, putting their health and
gency or parental waiver, accord- life at risk, the guide stated.
ing to the Official Voter
On www.smartvoter.com , a
Information Guide.
non-partisan Web site, arguThe proposiments are made that
tion defines abora court procedure
tion as causing
would be an addi“death of the
tional hardship, and
unborn child ... a
The proposition tells supporters to
child conceived
defines abortion stop forcing family
but not yet born,”
as causing ‘death c o m m u n i c a t i o n
according to the
through law.
guide.
of the unborn
In terms of what
If
passed,
child
...
a
child
this proposition will
more reporting
conceived but not cost taxpayers, the
will be required
amount is unknown
from physicians,
yet born.’
according to the
and they will be
guide’s fiscal report,
fined if they do
yet assumes several
not comply, the
million dollars to
guide states. The
keep up with health
minor must also
and social service
consent to the
programs,
court
procedures and
abortion, and has the right to
receive a waiver from the court state administration.
If passed, Proposition 73
proving maturity or best interest,
would change the current
it stated.
Those in favor of 73, accord- California Constitution, which
ing to the guide, say that parents has allowed for minors to have
should be informed in order to private abortions since 1953.
protect their daughter from further harm. It also helps prevent —Compiled by Assistant City Editor
statutory rape and sexual abuse, Barbi Smith
“
Proposition
Proposition 74 proposes to increase the length of time
before a teacher may become a permanent employee at a
school — known as tenure — as well as modify the dismissal process for permanent employees.
The current probationary period for K-12 teachers in
California is two years. Proposition 74 wants to
increase that to five, according to the official voter
information guide.
The measure would apply to all teachers whose probationary period commenced during or after the 200304 fiscal year, the guide stated.
Proposition 74 also proposes to change the dismissal
process for permanent employees.
After two consecutive unsatisfactory performances, the school
board would have the discretion to dismiss the employee
under the new proposal, the
guide stated.
Currently, the board
would also have to
provide a 90-day
period to employ-
”
Currently, the district lines in
California are redrawn every 10 years
after a federal census — the last was in
2000. According to the California state
Constitution, state legislators are in
charge of redrawing the lines for each
district, based on the updated population counts from each census.
Proposition 77 would amend the
state constitution so the lines would
now be drawn by a panel of three
retired judges, according to the
California secretary of state’s voter’s
guide
Web
site,
www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov.
It would also call for redistricting
new lines in the November 2006 election instead of waiting for the next
redistricting scheduled for 2010. Voters
may reject these new lines, which case
a new panel of judges and will be
placed so the lines can be redrawn for
the 2008 elections, according to the
nonpartisan Easy Voter Guide. The
electronic version is located at
www.easyvoter.org.
Proponents contend the current
redistricting calls for a system where
politicians can draw lines in their favor
and consequently choose their voters
as opposed to having the voters choose
their politicians. The proposition will
also lead to lines being drawn by independent judges, which will yield districts that are more fairly composed;
this in turn will call for more competitive elections, according to the Easy
Voter Guide.
Opponents claim this proposition
will force new district lines into place
without giving voters a chance to
approve it. If voters do not approve of
these lines, new ones cannot be implemented until 2008. They will also be
drawn by three judges who have no real
accountability to voters, and since
these judges are also selected by legislators, lawmakers could have a big
influence over how the lines are drawn,
according to the Easy Voter Guide.
—Compiled by Staff Writer
Maria Kornalian
Proposition
If passed, Proposition 78
could create a new prescription drug program in
California. Medi-Cal and
Healthy Families programs
currently offer low-income
families with prescription
drug coverage. Californians
who have Medicare are able
to purchase drugs discounted at some pharmacies,
according to the California
Secretary of State’s voter
guide’s Web site.
Proposition 78 would
establish a new prescription
drug discount program for
those who aren’t already
receiving sim-
ees to allow them to improve their performance, as well
as provide an extensive amount of initial documentation
identifying specific instances of unsatisfactory performance, it stated.
These changes would help reduce requirements in the
initial stages of the dismissal process and aim to place a
greater focus on the evaluation process.
These changes would not only go into effect for teachers, but all certified employees, it stated.
The fiscal effect on school districts’ costs with the initiative in place is unknown, and would vary significantly by district depending largely on future personnel
actions of the districts, the California secretary of state
Web site stated.
People in favor of the proposition include Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger; George Schulz, chair of Governor’s
Council of Economic
Advisors; and Karla
Jones,
the
2004
Educator of the Year of
Orange County.
People against the
proposition include
Barbara Kerr, president
of California Teachers
Association;
Jack
O’Connell,
State
Superintendent
of
Public Instruction; and
Mary Bergan, president
of
California
Federation
of
Teachers.
—Complied by
Contributor Cody Silva
Proposition
77
74
ilar coverage from another
governmental program or
private insurance. The Easy
Voter Guide also stated that
California families with an
income up to 400 percent
that of the federal poverty
level could be eligible to
receive a drug discount card
worth $15 each year. The
card would be redeemable
at participating pharmacies
while the state would bargain with drug companies
so those with the discount
card could also receive
rebates.
Proponents contend the
proposition would allow for
millions more Californians
to get some sort of
access to
drug
78
prescriptions that are more
affordable. Comparatively,
Ohio has a similar program,
which has proven successful
with discounts at a 31 percent average, according to
the Easy Voter Guide.
Opponents claim that
because any participation of
drug companies would be
strictly
voluntary,
Proposition 78 couldn’t
guarantee quality discounts;
this is because pharmacies
wouldn’t have any incentive
to participate with no penalty for those who chose not
to. Also, they claim the
proposition was placed on
the ballot by drug companies that wish to defeat
Proposition 79, which
would essentially cover
more people in the state, in
regards to health care
according to the Easy
Voter Guide.
—Compiled by Staff
Writer Maria
Kornalian
The Daily Aztec
Proposition
The use of union fees is under question by
Proposition 75, which attempts to change the
rules for donations to political causes.
Members of public employee unions are
required to pay dues; likewise, nonmembers
must still pay a fee for their representation,
according to the Official Voter
Information Guide.
If passed, Proposition 75
wouldn’t allow labor organizations to use contributions
toward political campaigning
without member’s consent,
the guide stated. Exception
is given to money collected
for charitable organizations,
health care insurance and
other direct benefits.
According to the guide,
written approval would be
required
annually
and
would be available in public
reports put out by labor organizers. Fines would be issued to
organizers not following the proper
bookkeeping practices, it stated.
Pro arguments in the voter’s guide
urge that members and nonmembers
who don’t want their money used for political propaganda need protection against
labor organizers. Designed to hold union leaders accountable to its members, forced contributions will be eliminated and made purely
voluntary, the guide stated.
Those against the change are contenders in
the union fight for equality with big corpora-
NOVEMBER 8
SPECIAL ELECTION
What makes today’s special election so
“special?”
Even though it is not a normal election
year, voters have the opportunity to
choose a new Mayor, sift through a sea of
city council candidates and decide on
eight propositions that whether passed or
not, make a difference to California.
Ranging from parental notification on
abortions to prescription drug prices,
there is something for young and old alike
in this election.
What follows is information about the
diverse array of decisions facing
Californians today.
The answers are simple: a mere yes or
no. But, the decisions are important and
should therefore be weighed carefully.
75
tions, according to the guide.
Opponents of Proposition 75 claim it’s
unnecessary and opposes union rights. Since
members already elect their leaders, the guide
stated, outside authority would be unjust.
The financial effect of this proposition
wouldn’t be major, the guide stated. Most costs
would be offset from fine and/or fee revenues.
—Compiled by Assistant City
Editor Barbi Smith
Proposition
For Californians with
qualifying
incomes,
Proposition 79 will enact a
new program that grants
discounts on prescription
drugs, with resulting costs
similar to those paid by the
state under the Medi-Cal
program. Funding for the
program would come from
state-negotiated
rebates
from participating drug manufacturers.
To meet the criteria, residents must have a yearly
income at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty
level, including those without health insurance or those
on Medicare, according to an
article in The Sacramento Bee.
In California, this means
about 10 million residents
may qualify, such as a fourperson family with an
income of about $77,000.
The
California
Department
of
Health
Services would be in charge
of rebate negotiations with
drug companies and pharmacists. However, if drug
companies don’t provide
Medicaid the best price,
their preferred-drug product
may be eliminated from
Medi-Cal.
Under Proposition
79, rebate money
would go into State
Treasury funds in
order to reimburse
pharmacies and offset administration
c o s t s .
Furthermore, at
least 95 percent of
the rebates must go
toward the discount
funds, according to
www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov.
The fiscal impact on
Proposition
If passed, Proposition 76 would alter
California’s
minimum
funding
requirments to public schools, and would
limit school spending to the prior year’s
level, plus the three previous years average
revenue growth, according to the Official
Voter Information Guide.
The proposition would remove the
repayment to schools that’s currently
required when minimum spending is put
on hold, according to the guide.
Proposition 76 directs surplus General
Fund revenues that are at this time directed to school and tax relief to budget
reserve, repayment of the state’s debt and
particular construction projects.
According to the guide, the proposition permits the governor to reduce
employee compensation and alter state
contracts under special circumstances.
Under the terms of Proposition 76,
the borrowing from
the state special
funds is prohibited
and local mandates
must be paid.
If Proposition 76
passes, the funding of
schools would be subject to annual imbursements decided upon
by state policymakers
resulting in a more
organized pattern of
state expenditures,
according to the guide.
Opponents contend this could cripple
those receiving annual
79
both the state and local governments entails one-time
and
ongoing
costs.
Annually, estimated costs
for the drug program would
range in the millions to the
low tens of millions of dollars, according to www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov. If money is
required beyond what is
available through rebates,
the program will reach into
the state General Fund.
The establishment of an
oversight board would keep
track of the program, according to www.smartvoter.org.
Monitoring includes making
sure no drug company is
profiteering because of the
program.
—Compiled by Copy Chief
Ta w n e e
Prazak
7
76
reserves because the times in which they
are in need of the imbursement most are
not taken into consideration.
According to Gonzales, Proposition 76
“could result in a change in the mix of
state spending — that is, some programs
could receive a larger share and others a
smaller share of the total budget.”
This may accommodate the needs of
different state programs better by distributing money by necessity.
According to the guide, Proposition 76
would give the governor an increased
amount of power in decisions about
where the state’s funds are needed and
where they should be removed or limited.
These provisions could shift state funding
from schools to other local governments,
according to the guide.
—Compiled by Contributor Emily Larsen
Proposition
Proposition 80 has set forth
new ideas about the regulation of
electric service providers.
The new proposition has been
cited as, “The Repeal of
Electricity Deregulation and
Blackout Prevention Act,” as stated on www.ss.ca.gov.
The proposition would suggest the regulation of ESPs,
direct access, a procurement
process, a resource adequacy
requirement, a renewables portfolio and time differentiated
rates, the Web site stated.
Those in favor of Proposition
80 wrote that it provides critical
reforms to make sure California’s
deregulation nightmare never
returns, while providing stability
to ensure long-term investment
in new, clean electricity supplies,
according to the Web site.
The supporters wrote on the
Web site that Proposition 80 will
accomplish these goals through
lower rates, adequate supplies,
market stability, regulation,
renewables and energy efficiency
and ratepayer protection.
The opposing side calls
80
Proposition 80 a “high-risk
approach,” according to the Web
site. Their argument also states
that electricity regulation is too
risky to be addressed through
the initiative process.
The opposition wrote on
www.ss.ca.gov that the proposition restricts consumers’ energy
choices, threatens to heighten
the cost of schools, local governments and hospitals at the
expense of taxpayers, limits the
market for geothermal resources,
discourages future jobs and
investments in California and
destabilizes the current progress
toward a secure energy future for
California.
The
fiscal
impact
on
California’s budget could range
from a negligible cost for the
PUC to up to around $4 million
annually, the Web site stated.
According to the Web site, under
current law, the potential additional costs would be funded by
fees paid by electricity customers.
—Compiled by Senior Staff Writer
Stephanie Nehmens
sports
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The Daily Aztec
9
MEN’S SOCCER
Men’s soccer team worn down on northern road trip
Fatigued and outmanned the Aztecs run out of gas, and tie the Stanford Cardinal for the second time this year Sunday
between the field and the bench getting
treatment after re-injuring his sprained
S TA F F W R I T E R
foot.
“We were lacking leadership and didn’t
After four months of traveling up and have any fight in us,” Kirshner said.
down the West Coast, the San Diego State
Kirshner said that the Aztecs allowed
men’s soccer team finally looked tired.
Stanford to get to loose balls first and win
On Sunday, SDSU combined an more knockdowns than they should have.
inspired first half and a sluggish second In those two aspects of the game, the preshalf to finish with a 0-0 tie at Stanford. ence of the co-captains was missed the
most.
With the tie, the Aztecs
SDSU managed six shots
record is 9-2-6 overall, 2-2-5
against the Stanford defense,
in Pac-10 play. The Cardinal
but forced Cardinal goalmoved to 4-10-3 overall, 1-6Ta l l y H a l l w a s keeper Andrew Kartunen to
2 in Pac-10 play.
a m a z i n g . I f h e make only one save.
“We played well the first
Stanford out shot the Aztecs,
45 minutes,” head coach Lev
doesn’t make the 13-6, including an 11-2
Kirshner said. “But we just
(Pac-10) first team advantage after half time.
went into the tank in the secSDSU junior goalkeeper
then I don’t know Tally
ond half.
Hall made six saves on
“It’s been a long season
what more they the way to his 12th shutout
and I think it’s starting to
of the season.
want him to do.
wear on us.”
“Tally Hall was amazing,”
Lack of depth hurt SDSU
Kirshner said. “If he doesn’t
on Sunday, as it played with—LEV KIRSHNER, make the (Pac-10) first team,
out three leaders for most of
HEAD COACH then I don’t know what more
the game.
they want him to do.”
Senior defender Matt
The Aztecs tied Stanford
Couch and junior forward
in both of their Pac-10
Raul Bautista did not play
against Conference
contests
this
season.
Stanford because of penalties earned in Considering that SDSU is so close to an
NCAA berth, not being able to figure out
Friday’s game against Cal.
Meanwhile, senior forward Heath the last place Cardinal may come back to
Creager spent much of the game running haunt them.
J O E G I OVA N N E T T I
“
”
Sophomore midfielder Kraig Chiles was forced to pla y all 110 minutes of the match against
Stanford Sunda y because of injuries and suspension. The Aztecs only managed six shots and
just two af ter half time during the conclusion of their road trip. Andrew Huse / Staff Photographer
But Kirshner sees the problem as fixable. He attributed the disappointing
showing against Stanford to a lack of
effort.
“They didn’t change their game plan
against us after the first game,” Kirshner
HEADS
BEAT
bo x
Crew
The San Diego State crew team
entered this weekend’s Newport
Autumn Rowing Festival in
Newport Beach, Calif. not knowing
what to expect. SDSU traveled to
Newport Harbor with a frosh team
that had only one recruit on board,
and two teams that had not even
practiced for the Open Fours race.
After all three SDSU boats finished in the top 11 in the Open
Eights race, the Aztecs know this:
They can count on that frosh
squad for a strong finish, and the
varsity team can get the job done.
“We had a great day in the Open
Eights race,” head coach Jennifer
Zebroski said. “It showed that this
program has a lot of depth.”
The varsity team took third in
the race, finishing in 16 minutes,
21 seconds. The junior varsity boat
tied for eighth with Saint Mary’s A
team (16:47), and the 3V boat took
11th (17:03). UCLA finished in
first place (15:55).
The Aztecs’ varsity boat split
into two groups for the Open
Fours race. The teams had never
practiced for this race, but finished third (18:44) and fourth
(18:46) out of 13 boats.
Women’s Tennis
Battling through injuries and a
roster with only six active players,
the San Diego State women’s tennis team played host to strong competition this weekend at the SDSU
Fall Tennis Classic.
Junior Alesya Vidov and freshman Esther Cadua played doubles
together for the first time this
weekend and after a first round bye
beat New Mexico, 8-6, on Saturday
to advance to the finals of the
Black doubles bracket. They fell
just short, losing to USD, 6-8.
“We had quite a good weekend,
the weather was great and we were
able to play a lot of tennis,” head
coach Peter Mattera said. “Senior
Dita Hauerlandova and sophomore Sisse Nielsen paired up in
the Red doubles bracket. After losing their opening match on Friday,
the tandem rallied back to reach
the consolation final against Long
Beach
State.
However,
Hauerlandova’s arm began to swell
up, and she was not able to continue. The score was 4-1 before they
retired.
“That was unfortunate for Dita,”
Mattera said. “With an injury like
that we just do not want to risk
any further harm, so we had them
retire from the match.”
SDSU will
be heading to
Hawai’i this
week to wrap
up the fall
season. The
R a i n b o w
W a h i n e
Tennis Classic
will be held in
Honolulu,
Hawai’i and is
set to take
HAUERLANDOVA place Nov. 10
through Nov.
12.
Women’s Basketball
The San Diego State women’s
basketball team will open its season at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cox
Arena, against Team Concept in an
exhibition game.
said. “The reason they dominated was that
they out-fought us, especially in the second half.”
The team will have a week off before a
pivotal conference match 1 p.m. Sunday at
home against UCLA .
UP!
Tuesday, Nov. 8
The matchup will mark new
head coach Beth Burns’ first action
upon returning to Montezuma
Mesa
after
coaching
SDSU to a
151-83 record
and
four
NCAA tournament
bids
from
19891997.
Burns will
take over a
team that has
struggled
STRAWBERRY
mightily, posting a 26-55
record over the last three seasons.
The Aztecs are picked to finish
eighth in the Mountain West
Conference this year and their lone
returning star is senior forward
Michelle Strawberry.
But before gaining outside credibility, Burns’ number one concern
is gaining the respect of the SDSU
community.
“We didn’t come here for small
successes,” Burns said. “We have
goals in order —- respect on campus, respect in the community,
respect around the league and
respect nationally. You can’t jump
ahead from the first to the fourth.
You have to do it in steps and right
now we’re starting with trying to
get respect on campus.”
Last year, the Aztecs defeated
Team Concept 69-51. The exhibition game will be the first glimpse
of a team that is surrounded by a
number of question marks
—Compiled by Staff Writer Ryan
Horton and Senior Staff Writer
Kourosh Safavi
Men’s golf at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate
(Kahuku, Hawai’i), all day
Women’s basketball vs. Team Concept
(exhibition), 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Men’s golf at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate
(Kahuku, Hawai’i), all day
Volleyball vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 11
Swimming at Utah, 3 p.m.
Volleyball at TCU, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12
Swimming at BYU, 11 a.m.
Football at Colorado State, 12:05 p.m.
Cross country at NCAA Regional
Championships (Palo Alto, Calif.),
12:15 p.m.
Women’s basketball vs. Arizona Venom
(exhibition), 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 13
Crew at San Diego Fall Classic (Mission
Bay), all day
Men’s soccer vs. UCLA, 1 p.m.
tempo
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The Daily Aztec
11
Music snobs should keep elitist opinions to themselves
New Death Cab for Cutie album, “Plans,” shows that popular Seattle band still knows what quality is all about
C H R I ST Y C A ST E L L A N O S
S TA F F W R I T E R
I
f music snobs ruled the
world, all talented, unknown
artists would be confined to
a life of dank, murky bars and
ill-produced demos.
There is nothing worse than
know-it-all, self-proclaimed
music “connoisseurs” who think
that music was created exclusively for their personal delight.
Actually, there is — Ryan
Seacrest.
If you’re not familiar with
these greedy individuals, they
are the ones who only support
local bands and musicians,
annoyingly claim to be their
biggest fans and constantly
announce they were the first to
“discover” them.
However, when these socalled fans find out their precious artist has (Gasp!) signed
with a record label and will soon
be making a video, they sit
around whining and whimpering
about how mainstream it is.
Yuck.
Soon, they are denouncing
the band members as sellouts
and griping about how
“Hollywood” the group went.
One victim of this phenomenon
is the ever-talented Seattle
group, Death
Cab for Cutie.
Before
embarking on
that tangent,
let’s explore
the definition
of what a sellout is. The
Encarta World
English
Dictionary
describes a
sellout as a
person who
“has betrayed a
principle or
cause for
money or
something else
of value.” Now,
if a band initially set out to
become successful and actually
make money doing what they
are best at, are they really selling
out?
Absolutely not and, in the
case of Death Cab, the group
has been unfairly blamed for
betraying the indie music scene
and selling their soul to corporate music moguls. Murmurs of
this opinion can
be experienced
on Internet
indie music
forums and any
event music
snobs might
attend.
Sure, Death
Cab’s music can
be downloaded
as a cell phone
ring tone and
the band’s
videos are on
heavy rotation
on MTV and
VH1.
Nonetheless,
Death Cab has
not forgotten
what really matters — to devote
its music to
loyal fans.
In light of its
new album,
“Plans,” the
Despite rumor s o f “ s e l l i n g o u t ” D e a t h C a b F o r C u t i e o n l y h a s t w o t h i n g s o n t h e i r a g e n d a : t o
group is now
m
ake loyal fans happy and keep on producing quality music. Courtesy photo
under the hypercritical scope of
rience a few changes while
the hypocrites of the local or
some of its original fans. Many
independent music scene. The
recording — the band switched
of these die-hards reside in San
moral of this story is to be carefrom the Barsuck record label to
Diego and will be carefully surful about dubbing a local band
Atlantic Records and worked on
veying the new album during
as the “best new band” because
the album on the East Coast
the Nov. 9 show at Soma. After
if you are a music snob, you
instead of Seattle; the quality of
all, Death Cab has a lot to live
might be very upset when you
up to since its critically
the music is still up to par with
find out many people enjoy the
acclaimed album
past albums.
band as much as you do.
“Transatlanticism” was so sucThe truth is, however —
cessful.
regardless of how hard a
—Senior Staff Writer Christy
Thankfully, “Plans,” delivers
crossover band tries — some
Castellanos is a performance
elegantly written, mesmerizing
snobs will always criticize the
emphasis theatre arts major.
lyrics accompanied by whimsical most recent indie wonder.
synchronization even music
In spite of this, as painful as
—This column does not necessarily
snobs will tap their heels to.
it is to admit, these individuals
reflect the opinion of The Daily
do sometimes correctly identify
And though the group did expeAztec.
ALBUM REVIEW
N o t e n o u g h f low leave s l i s t e n e r s f a t i g u e d
Tony de Skitzo’s new album ‘The Good, the Bad, the Skitzo’ doesn’t have the power to hold audiences attention
K E V I N FA R R
S TA F F W R I T E R
The rap industry is a fickle
one. When an album is good it
is phenomenally good and the
same can be said for a boring or
bad venture. In the case of Tony
de Skitzo’s new album, the latter is true.
The
Audio
Academy is a collaboration
between seven artists and
expands across many fronts.
Most notable in this crew is
Orko the Psykotic Alien, though
he does not appear on Tony da
Skitzo’s new album “The Good,
the Bad, the Skitzo.” Da Skitzo’s
latest effort is an average album
with various points of
poten-
impress.
zo” fails to
t
i
k
S
e
h
t
,
, the Bad
‘The Good
hoto
Courtesy p
tiality sticking out like something really ugly or beautiful
that you can’t help but notice.
The album tries to deliver a
reinvented version of the oldschool feel. The basement feel is
tight, providing a good foundation for da Skitzo’s sound.
However, the album just doesn’t have the power to hold
listeners’ attention.
The beats are rudimentary in many aspects — most
are simple loops in heavy
rotation. Almost every
track has rough transitions
in the intro, when the beat
changes up or progresses
and the beats drop off
quickly on many tracks.
Some of the cuts have
choppy
transitions
between parts of the beat.
This occurs frequently when samples are
mashed against different
samples and repeated
too many times. It’s as if
these cats are making
beats with an old analogue tape deck —
rocking the play,
pause and record buttons.
The album isn’t
bad on any level — it’s
just boring.
The lyrical content is mediocre and
“The Good, the Bad,
the Skitzo” traverses
the usual territory
for an underground
San Diego hip-hop
album.
The
standout
track on this album
is the instrumental
“ Wo r l d w i d e / Ya o
Ming?” The beat on
this track is solid
and all of the elements work in harmony with each
other — the piano
line, the samples
and the rhythm.
People might
feel this album on
different
levels
specific to their
taste. It’s got some
good samples and Tony de
Skitzo’s new album trie
s to blend
some decent bars old
and new school sounds.
bu,t overall, it’s a
Courtesy photo
sleeper. There’s
not enough flow in the beats e t h e leaving the album excessively real ideas thrown around.
Nevertheless,
this
album
abrasive.
“The Good, the Bad, the evoked a feeling of fatigue as my
Skitzo” does manage to stay mind wandered and my attenpositive with some abstract and tion fizzled.
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The Daily Aztec
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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