Here is a bit of good news this morning. With 90% 95% of precincts reporting, it appears that Proposition 9, the crime victims' rights initiative, has passed by a 6% margin. On the same ballot, the Soros-backed Proposition 5 was rejected by a whopping 20% margin. Results are here at the Cal SecState site. Proposition 6 was also defeated by a large margin, probably reflecting a distaste for ballot-box budgeting at a time of fiscal crisis. For further description of these propositions, see page 6 of CJLF's last newsletter.

Confirming that San Francisco is not entirely devoid of common sense, the hooker proposition lost by 16 points, the SF Chronicle reports. On the same ballot, San Franciscans endorsed the return of JROTC to the city's schools by 53-47. It's good that this measure passed, but it is a sad commentary on how far our society has slipped that it was ever necessary and that so many people voted against it.