Forget the minor sideshow of Bush/Gore and the Florida recount, I'm sure
everyone was far more focussed on results of the California contracting
proposition. <g> Here are the results:
Nat
http://www.sfgate.com/election/returns/caprop38.html
California Ballot Propositions
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By Proposition: 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
Selected California County Propositions:
Mendocino Marijuana Ordinance
Orange County Tobacco Litigation Orange County Tobacco Revenue
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California Proposition 35: Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and
Architectural Services
Requires a simple majority.
Voter Preference Votes Percentages
YES 4,446,061 54.6%
NO 3,696,030 45.4%
Ballots In: 91% REPORTING
Updated Wednesday, November 08, 2000 01:29 AM
Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services
Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local
contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services;
contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required.
Fiscal impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and
enginerring services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will
depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the
proposition.
Nat Hager III [EMAIL PROTECTED]
772 Dorsea Rd. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 361.1377 (W)
(717) 898.3053 (H) (717) 361.1207 (FAX)
(717) 940.5551 (mobile)
Material Sensing & Instrumentation, Inc.
http://www.msi-sensing.com
Autumn in Colorado
http://www.win.net/dorsea/nehager/steamboat/steamboat.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Don Hillger
> Sent: Monday, 2000 October 30 14:18
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:8870] Attention California residents
>
>
> Another message from the USMA Executive Director:
>
> "Please call the attention of Californians to the upcoming Proposition
> 35 on the California ballot this election. Proposition 35 passage would
> allow California to hire commercial contractors to handle the building
> of California Works projects, such as building highways, buildings, etc.
> Right now, our own California construction and transportation groups
> HAVE to use their own employees to do all the design, construction,
> etc."
>
> "On the surface a voter might think it good to bring in outsiders to do
> this work because it appears that the state's employees can't seem to
> handle as much of it as is required to be done. But we'd hate to see a
> bunch of contractors come in and lobby the California legislature to go
> back to inch-pound (as Michigan is doing), so I'd like to call
> attention, on our Listserver to this."
>
> I don't know who are our California subscribers, so I'm sending this to
> all of you, since I have not noticed this part of the election being
> mentioned.
>
> Don Hillger, USMA Webmaster
>
>
>
