Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Gay marriage!

Nope. Psych.

In case you missed my threadjack, I would encourage anyone registered to vote in Utah to read carefully the language of Amendment E. I liked what one Douglas Cootey said:

There is one upside to the economic downturn. It has come at a time when Utahns were asked to foolishly trust government officials and private business to invest public school funds.

In light of the complete disconnect from reality Washington has shown in regards to government meddling with the mortgage market, and in light of the greed and euphoric blind optimism shown by investors with subprime loans, I cannot see how any Utahn could trust their local government to do better what Washington could not.

I'll be voting NO and encouraging my friends and families to do likewise. The promise of greater return is too risky. Don't gamble with school funds.

Regardless of your feelings on Prop 8, unless you're registered to vote in California, you can't vote on it. (From reading the Daily Universe, I am beginning to wonder if some people from around here haven't set up shop in downtown San Fran just so they can vote! :) ) If you are registered to vote in Utah, however, I would encourage you to set aside 5 minutes of your time to take a look at what you can immediately affect . . . and regardless of what you choose (votenocoughcough), I hope we can agree that whether to put your property tax money into the stock market is a rather big deal.

It irks me that our legislators can sneak this in at the end of the ballot and we get so caught up in flagpins that we miss the forest for the trees! Gah. Don't people realize that it's the school board and treasurer and their own state constitutional amendments that will actually affect their lives? Political distractions, you're "on notice." >_<

Thanks for the info. I'm trying to look into all the diferent amendments, and this has helped.
I do think this is a bad idea. It doesn't sound bad at first, but after more thought, it's not good a good idea to mix government and businesses.

I'll vote no.

I have looked at it too and I am definitely voting against it. Why on earth would I want the state to invest money, from the State School Fund or Federal land grants, in stocks and bonds of private companies?

We could chant something like "A vote for E is a vote for Superdell!" Sure the only thing in common is that they are both crazy, but it works.

I think Super Dell is the only person I know of who has accused Jon Huntsman, in all sincerity, of being socialist.