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Today, Californians for Property Rights Protection announced that the largest African American business organization in California has endorsed the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA), an eminent domain ballot measure slated to appear on the June 2008 ballot.

This place is minuscule compared with some other Sequim structures - which is part of the reason why its Friends are raring to expand it.

The Arizona Civil Rights Initiative filed an application Monday with the Secretary of State to place a measure on the November 2008 ballot to prohibit preferential treatment or discrimination by state government to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

When it comes to the state and local ballot measures before voters across the country on Tuesday, it is mostly about the money.

In 2005, voters here approved a measure making it legal for an adult to possess an ounce or less of marijuana. But arrests for misdemeanor marijuana possession have risen since then.

Arizona voters could get a chance next year to approve California-style property tax caps.

A new ballot measure —Prop 13 Arizona — is being pushed by the anti-tax crowd. It is aimed at limiting property tax increases that have occurred in the Phoenix and Kingman areas in recent years and is similar to California’s Proposition 13.

A record-setting opposition campaign couldn’t buy a lead on election night, leaving foes of Referendum 67 with fading hopes for a comeback as Washington’s vote count continues.

Last week was somewhat of a mixed bag for Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez.

The highlight, from his standpoint, was being selected as one of Governing magazine’s nine “public officials of the year.” The magazine cited his ability to put together a striking record of legislation in 2006, acting as a bridge between a liberal Legislature and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

If your radar screen is full today with politically identified flying objects — candidates running for local offices — be aware that there’s something election-related that’s coming in pretty low, obscured by inattention.

South Dakota voters may be asked again next year to decide the issue of legalized abortions in the state.