Election Round-Up

I ended up not posting last night, because Obama’s win became too thrilling and non-environmental propositions became too heartbreaking.

But here is the final tally of the ballot measures across the country:

California:
Proposition 1A: Approved, 52.3%
Proposition 2: Approved, 63.3%
Proposition 7: Defeated, 65%
Proposition 10: Defeated, 59.9%

Colorado:
Amendment 58: Defeated, 58% (so many 58′s… too funny)

Georgia:
Amendment 1: Approved, 68%

Maine:
Question 3: too close to call

Minnesota:
HF 2285: Approved, 56%

Missouri:
Proposition C: Approved, 66%

Ohio:
Issue 2: Approved, 69%

Rhode Island:
Question 1: Approved, 76%
Question 2: Approved, 68%

Rhode Island Question 1 and 2

Can anyone out there help me on this one? I cannot get much information, at all.

Question 1 and 2: Transportation and Open Spaces Bonds

Question 1:
– Authorize the Rhode Island state government to borrow $87,215,000.
– With the money, provide funds to the Department of Transportation to match available federal funds and to provide direct funding for improvements to the State’s highways, roads and bridges.
– Match available federal funds and to provide direct funding for commuter rail.
– Purchase new buses and/or rehabilitate existing buses in the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s bus fleet.

Question 2:
– Authorize the Rhode Island state government to borrow $2,500,000.
– With the money, provide funds to “purchase, or otherwise permanently protect through the purchase of title to, development rights, conservation easements and public recreation easements, greenways and other open space, recreation lands, agriculture lands, forested lands and state parks.”

My recommendation: ???

I’m sorry but I just don’t want to make a recommendation without more information. I cannot find anything about who supports or opposes this, what the true costs are, how it will be implemented, etc., etc.

Unless someone out there has some more information….? please.