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Kevin Drum runs down the 11 ballot propositions on the California ballot and gives his recommendation on each. My ballot is already marked and sent so this can't help me decide…but as it happens, we agree on ten of the eleven. The one on which we part company is Proposition 37 which says that genetically-modified foods must be properly labelled as such. Kevin says, "I'm not convinced that GM foods pose enough of a genuine hazard to rate detailed labeling laws." I am…or at least, I think the evidence is strong enough that some might. In any case, I'm in favor of consumers having as much info as possible about what they consume.

Other than that, listen to Kevin. He's totally right about 32 being worthy of overwhelming defeat. It's yet another attempt by corporations who are sometimes opposed by labor to cripple the power of labor to oppose them. Not a good idea.