The Fine Print on the Ballot
Nov 07, 2005
An Overview of the Four Ballot Questions
A guide to all four questions on the November ballot.
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Question 1: Amending the State Budget Process
Should the state budget process be amended to give more power to the
State
Legislature?
-Overview of Question 1
-Transcript of a
forum on Question 1
-Vote
Yes by Megan Quattlebaum and Blair Horner
-Vote No by Gerald Benjamin
and Charles Brecher
Question 2: The Transportation Bond Act
Should the state borrow $2.9 billion to fund mass transit and road
improvements?
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Overview by Bruce Schaller
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Vote Yes by Jeremy Soffin
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Vote No by Nicole Gelinas
Question 3: Ethics Code for Hearing Officers
Should the mayor create an ethics code for administrative judges?
-Overview
by Joshua Brustein
-Vote
Yes by Peter J. Kiernan
-Vote
No by Richard N. Gottfried
Question 4: Adding financial management requirements to the City
Charter.
Should the city add fiscal controls to the City Charter to ensure a
balanced
budget?
-Overview of Question 4
-The Fiscal Crisis After 30 Years by Joshua Brustein
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