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Volume XXXI - Issue 6
November 8, 2012
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Final Proposition Results Proposition 30: Increase taxes for education - passed 54% - 46% Proposition 31: State budget changes - failed 61% - 39% Proposition 32: Political Contributions - failed 56% - 44% Proposition 33: Auto insurance coverage - failed 55% - 45% Proposition 34: Repeal death penalty - failed 53% - 47% Proposition 35: Human trafficking - passed 81% - 19% Proposition 36: Revise three law strike - passed 69% - 31% Proposition 37: Food labeling - failed 53% - 47% Proposition 38: Children’s programs tax - failed 72% - 28% Proposition 39: Clean energy - passed 60% - 40% Proposition 40: State senate districts - passed 71% - 29%
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Re-elected President Barack Obama giving a speech to supporters.
Obama wins four more years
President moves forward into another term by Aaron Washington TSV Entertainment editor
Another election season has come and gone. After months of campaigning and debates, Barack Obama was re-elected into the office of President of the United States on Nov. 6. As the polls closed and votes began to pour in, Republican candidate Mitt Romney gained an early advantage as he won a vast majority of states. These states included Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Georgia. But where Obama pulled away with the election is by winning many “battleground” states. These states
don’t lean their support to any one political party. These critical states include Nevada and Ohio. Obama won the vote in these states, which proved to be the deciding factor in the final results. The most telling aspect of the election results was the wide gap between those who voted for Obama and Romney. There were numerous gaps among voter exit polls. According to CNN.com, 55 percent of women voted for Obama, compared to 44 percent for Romney. In what turned out to be the largest discrepancy in the various demographics, of the 10 percent of Latino voters,
1 percent voted for Obama. Of the white voters, 59 percent voted for Romney. Also of the 13 percent of African-American voters, 93 percent voted for Obama. College students made their way to the polls this year. Of the 29 percent of college student voters, 51 percent voted for Romney. According to The New York Times, among college students, there was a 2 percent increase in Republican voters, while there was a 4 percent decrease in Democratic voters. Skyline College political science instructor Jeff Diamond feels the results set Democrats up to make changes.
“Republicans would have made some major changes to repeal some of the work Obama has done, said Diamond. “The United States is no longer some crazy outlier.” After realizing his deficit in the votes, Romney called President Obama directly to concede his campaign and congratulate him on winning the election. During his concession speech, Romney addressed a crowd of thousands in Boston, Mass. He was gracious in defeat and expressed his well wishes toward the president. “I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country Presidential continued on Page 2
Proposition 30 passes to avoid trigger cuts
Supporters of public education prevail in budget tug-of-war by Megan Benveniste TSV Sports editor
Proposition 30 was approved by Californian voters on Nov. 6 which will give a sales tax increase to help students all over California. Calif. state sales tax, currently at 7.25 percent, will increase to 7.5 percent according to ballotpedia.org. The website also states that there will be an increased income tax for the wealthy. It will be broken down into four different price brackets in
which they will pay an increased amount of taxes. Those whose income is more than $250,000 and less than $300,000 will pay 10.3 percent in taxes, those whose income is $300,000 but less than $500,000 will pay 11.3 percent tax increase, those whose income are over $500,000 and up to $1,000,000 will pay 12.3 percent, and for those whose income is over $1,000,000 will pay 13.3 percent in taxes. These taxes for the wealthy will stay in place for seven years. “We avoided the biggest cut,” said Mike Uhlenkamp, the director of media relations and new media
at the Cal State level. Students now won’t be “turned away” and the cost of tuition will not increase. Students that have applied to the Cal State Universities will now start hearing back from the schools. The application cycle was put on hold, but is now open. Proposition 30 will require the revenue from the increased taxes to be placed in a separate account that can only be used for education. The account will enter into an independent audit that will be open to the public every year to ensure that legislature is using those funds for public schools and public safety,
according to YesonProp30.com. The language in this bill regarding the separate account the money would be placed into was a big sticking point for the anti-Proposition 30 forces. They contended that funds collected from Proposition 30 taxes would actually be placed into California’s general account and not into the coffers of schools. Gov. Brown countered before the election that this was the most expedient manner to dole out the money to the schools. The governor’s passion in his support for this bill was essential to its passage. Skyline College student Walter
Manuofeta thought that it could cause “more financial problems for some families, (but) on the other side I think it is good for college students and will be a real big help.” The tax increase will be in effect on January 1, 2013 according to Mercury News. “I think Prop 30 being passed is a great thing for students because it won’t cut school and college budgets which was planned,” Andre Lacy, a Skyline student, said. “... [Prop 30] is going to empower the future for our gene ation to be able to continue forth in school and get good jobs and better the world.”