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Groovy SQL
This section borrows some content from this GroovySQL article, by Andrew Glover. If some of the references to JDBC don't make sense, don't worry. There is one new language construct that is used below, which is the inclusion of variables in string definitions. For example try the following:
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piEstimate = 3 println("Pi is about ${piEstimate}") println("Pi is closer to ${22/7}")
As you can see, in a string literal, Groovy interprets anything inside ${} as a groovy expression.
This feature is used extensively below.
Performing a simple query
Your first Groovy SQL code consists of three lines.
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import groovy.sql.Sql sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://serverName/dbName-CLASS;domain=domainName', 'username', 'password', 'net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver' ) sql.eachRow( 'select * from tableName' ) { println "$it.id -- ${it.firstName} --" }
The first line is a Java import. It simply tells Groovy the full name of the Sql object. The second line creates a new connection to the SQL database, and stores the connection in the variable sql.
This code is written for a jTDS connection to a MS SQL Server database. You will need to adjust all the parameters to newInstance to connect to your database, especially username and password.
Finally the third line calls the eachRow method of sql, passing in two arguments, the first being the query string, the second being a closure to print out some values.
Notice that in the closure the fields of "it" are accessed in two different ways. The first is as a simple field reference, accessing the id field of it. The second is the included Groovy expression mentioned above.
So the output from a row might look like:
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001 -- Lane --
Retrieving a single value from DB
If all you need is a value of one or a few columns of a single row in the DB, you could do this
|Code Block
row = sql.firstRow('select columnA, columnB from tableName') println "Row: columnA = ${row.columnA} and columnB = ${row.columnB}"
Doing more complex queries
The previous examples are fairly simple, but GroovySql is just as solid when it comes to more complex data manipulation queries such as insert, update, and delete queries. For these, you wouldn't necessarily want to use closures, so Groovy's Sql object provides the execute and executeUpdate methods instead. These methods are reminiscent of the normal JDBC statement class, which has an execute and an executeUpdate method as well.
Here you see a simple insert that uses variable substitution again with the ${} syntax. This code simply inserts a new row into the people table.
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firstName = 'yue' lastName = "O'shea" sql.execute("insert into people (firstName, lastName) values (${firstName}, ${lastName})")
Because the sql statement is expressed in a GString, the values firstName and lastName are provided as parameters and so the quote mark in lastName will not be seen as part of the statement.
Another way to do the same thing is to use prepared statements as follows:
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firstName = 'yue' lastName = 'wu' sql.execute('insert into people (firstName, lastName) values (?,?)', [firstName, lastName])
The data that you want to insert is replaced with "?" in the insert statement, and then the values are passed in as an array of data items. Updates are much the same in that they utilize the executeUpdate method. Notice, too, that in Listing 8 the executeUpdate method takes a list of values that will be matched to the corresponding ? elements in the query.
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comment = 'Lazy bum' sql.executeUpdate('update people set comment = ? where id=002', [comment])
Deletes are essentially the same as inserts, except, of course, that the query's syntax is different.
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sql.execute('delete from word where word_id = ?' , [5])
Other Tips
If you are content with using your resulting database columns in your business logic, it's nice and easy to just return a collection of GroovyRowResult objects which you can use directly:
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def getPersons() { def persons = [] sql.eachRow('Select * from Person') { persons << it.toRowResult() } persons }
If you prefer to use a defined type instead of a GroovyRowResult, as long as your type has all the fields returned from your query you can just do:
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Person p = new Person( it.toRowResult() )


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* Ban contributions by government contractors to the politicians who control contracts awarded to them
* Ban contributions by government contractors to the politicians who control contracts awarded to them
* Ban automatic deductions by corporations, unions, and government of employees' wages to be used for politics
* Ban automatic deductions by corporations, unions, and government of employees' wages to be used for politics
A similar proposition, [[California Proposition 75, Permission Required to Withhold Dues for Political Purposes (2005)|Proposition 75]], was on the [[California 2005 ballot propositions|2005 ballot]]. [[California Proposition 226, the "Paycheck Protection" Initiative (1998)|Proposition 226]], on the [[California 1998 ballot propositions|1998 ballot]], also sought to enact paycheck protection.<ref name=he>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46961 ''Human Events'', "Paycheck Protection Makes a California Comeback", October 19, 2011]</ref>
A similar proposition, [[California Proposition 75, Permission Required to Withhold Dues for Political Purposes (2005)|Proposition 75]], was on the [[California 2005 ballot propositions|2005 ballot]]. [[California Proposition 226, the "Paycheck Protection" Initiative (1998)|Proposition 226]], on the [[California 1998 ballot propositions|1998 ballot]], also sought to enact paycheck protection.<ref name=he>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46961 ''Human Events'', "Paycheck Protection Makes a California Comeback", October 19, 2011]</ref>
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|Proposition 32
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|On the ballot
- 1 Impact
- 2 Text of measure
- 3 Support
- 4 Opposition
- 5 Editorial opinion
- 6 Polling information
- 7 Path to the ballot
- 8 Lawsuits
- 9 External links
- 10 References
If approved, Proposition 32 will:
- Ban both corporate and union contributions to state and local candidates
- Ban contributions by government contractors to the politicians who control contracts awarded to them
- Ban automatic deductions by corporations, unions, and government of employees' wages to be used for politics
No exemptions, no loopholes
A similar proposition, Proposition 75, was on the 2005 ballot. Proposition 226, on the 1998 ballot, also sought to enact paycheck protection.[2]
Jerry Brown signed SB 202 on October 7, 2011. SB 202 mandates that elections on ballot propositions can take place only in the state's November general elections. This changes a 50-year tradition in the state, begun in 1960, of voting on ballot propositions on the June primary ballot as well as the November general election ballot.[3]
Several pundits speculated that Brown and the Democratic members of the California State Legislature who sponsored SB 202 were moved to action by the Paycheck Protection Initiative, and the possibility that it would gain a spot on the June 5, 2012 primary ballot in the state.
- According to Bill Whalen, "...before Brown's intervention, one such conservative idea – a big one – was headed for a showdown in June 2012: weakening Big Labor's clout by preventing unions from collecting dues for political purposes without a worker's annual consent. [Under SB 202], that gets moved to November."[4]
- Dan Walters, a leading political journalist in the state, said, "Everyone knows that passing SB 202 was to diminish chances that voters would pass a so-called "paycheck protection" measure that would eat into unions' ability to gather campaign funds from public employees – money that almost always goes to Democrats."[5]
Thad Kousser, a political-science professor at UC San Diego, says that the Paycheck Protection Initiative could have a strong impact on the public sector (government employee) unions in the state: "Defeating this has got to be the top goal of labor. If they don't, they could become almost extinct in California politics."[6]
Text of measure
Note: The original title given to Proposition 32 by election officials during the petition circulation stage was, "Prohibits Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Prohibitions on Contributions to Candidates. Initiative Statute."
- See also: Proposition 32 lawsuits
Proposition 32's ballot label has gone through three versions. The third and final version was given to it by a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge on August 13, 2012.[7]
The final label is:
- "Prohibits unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. Applies same use prohibition to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations or government contractors. Prohibits union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees. Prohibits government contractor contributions to elected officers or their committees."
The second version, given to Proposition 32 after it qualified for the ballot, said:
- "Restricts union political fundraising by prohibiting use of payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. Applies same use restrictions to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations or government contractors. Prohibits union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees. Prohibits government contractor contributions to elected officers or their committees."
The original version given to Proposition 32 by election officials during the petition circulation stage was:
- "Restricts union political fundraising by prohibiting use of payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. Same use restriction would apply to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations or government contractors. Permits voluntary employee contributions to employer or union committees if authorized yearly, in writing. Prohibits unions and corporations from contributing directly or indirectly to candidates and candidate-controlled committees. Other political expenditures remain unrestricted, including corporate expenditures from available resources not limited by payroll deduction prohibition. Limits government contractor contributions to elected officers or officer-controlled committees."
Estimated fiscal impact
(This is a summary of the initiative's estimated "fiscal impact on state and local government" prepared by the California Legislative Analyst's Office and the Director of Finance.)
|Increased costs to state and local government—potentially exceeding $1 million annually—to implement and enforce the measure's requirements.
The estimated fiscal impact in the voter guide differs from the fiscal statement that was originally provided by election officials to Proposition 32 when it was in the petition circulation stage. That fiscal statement said, "Increased state implementation and enforcement costs of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, potentially offset in part by revenues from fines."
- The main campaign supporting the measure is YES on 32, Stop Special Interest Money Now!
The arguments in favor of Proposition 32 in the state's official voter guide were submitted by:
- Gloria Romero. Romero is the state director of Democrats for Education Reform. She is also a former California state senator.
- Gabriella Holt. Holt is the president of Citizens for California Reform.
- John Kabateck. Kabateck is the executive director of the California chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business.
- Marian Bergeson. Bergeson is a former California Secretary of Education.
- Jon Coupal. Coupal is the president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
- The Hon. John Arguelles. Arguelles is a retired justice of the California Supreme Court.
Other supporters include:
- Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz. He says, "This initiative gets to the heart of one of the most corrosive elements in politics: campaign contributions...For too long, special interest money has dominated our politics, muting the voice of average Californians."[8]
- Richard Riordan, a former mayor of Los Angeles.[9]
Arguments in favor
The arguments presented in favor of Proposition 32 in the state's official voter guide include:
- "Politicians take millions in campaign contributions from corporations and government unions and then vote the way those special interests tell them. Politicians end up working for special interests, not voters. The result: massive budget deficits and abuses like lavish pensions and bad teachers we can't fire."
- "Special interests have spent tens of millions of dollars to prevent Prop. 32 from cutting the money tie between them and politicians. They'll say anything to protect the status quo. They've invented a false, bogus, red-herring argument: They claim Prop. 32 has a loophole to benefit the wealthy and corporations to fund independent PACs. The fact is both unions and corporations fund independent political committees protected by the Constitution that cannot be banned."
- "Politicians hold big-ticket, lavish fundraisers at country clubs, wine tastings and cigar smokers. Fat-cat lobbyists attend these fundraisers and hand over tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Most happen when hundreds of bills are up for votes, allowing politicians and special interests to trade favors: Giving multi-million dollar tax loopholes to big developers, wealthy movie producers and out-of-state corporations; exempting contributors from the state's environmental rules; handing out sweetheart pension deals for government workers; protecting funding for wasteful programs like the high-speed train to nowhere, even as they are cutting funds for schools and law enforcement while proposing higher taxes."
- "Stops special interests from taking political deductions from employee paychecks to guarantee every dollar given for politics is strictly voluntary. Prop. 32 will ensure that California workers have the right to decide how to spend the money they earn. They shouldn't be coerced to contribute to politicians or causes they disagree with."
- "Today, it is legal for politicians to give contracts to political donors, shutting out small businesses in the process. Prop. 32 will end this special treatment and the waste it causes, like a $95 million state computer system that didn't work."
Other arguments in favor of Proposition 32 include:
- According to Jake Suski, a spokesperson for the "yes" campaign, "This initiative is exclusively about the stranglehold that special interests have had over California's political system and whether voters are ready to demand reform. Voters are demanding reform and change. They're willing to do something, to say no to special interests."[9]
- The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal writes, "If California voters hope to stand a chance of reining in such benefits and fixing their dysfunctional state, they'll have to break the government union political monopoly this November."[11]
- Margaret A. Bengs, a former spokeswoman for state agencies, says, "It is well known that big public employee unions and other special interests have an inordinate control over California government, control that stymies badly needed reforms."[12]
|Total campaign cash
As of October 1, 2012, the "yes" campaign has raised about $9 million.[13][14]
These are the $50,000 and over donors to the "yes" campaign as of October 1, 2012:
|American Future Fund
|Charles Munger, Jr.
|Thomas M. Siebel
|William Bloomfield, Jr.
|Larry Smith
|Jerry Perenchio
|Citizen Power Campaign
|B. Wayne Hughes
|Lincoln Club of Orange County
|William Oberndorf
|Protect Prop 13 (HJTA)
|Robert J. Oster
|Frank E. Baxter
|Timothy C. Draper
|William L. Edwards
|Howard F. Ahmanson
|Charles B. Johnson
|Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
|Nicoletta Holdings Company
|Richard J. Riordan
|Steven A. Laub
- The main campaign against the measure is No on 32, Stop the Special Exemptions Act.
The arguments against Proposition 32 in the state's official voter guide were submitted by:
- Jennifer A. Waggoner. Waggoner is the president of the League of Women Voters of California.
- Derek Cressman. Cressman is the regional director of California Common Cause.[15]
- Dan Stanford. Stanford is a former chairperson of the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
- Jo Seidita. Seidita is the chair of the California Clean Money Campaign.
- John Burton. Burton is the chairperson of the California Democratic Party.
- Robbie Hunter. Hunter is the executive secretary of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council.
Other opponents include:
- The California Labor Federation[1]
- Dave Low, the executive director of the California School Employees Association[16]
- California Common Cause[17]
- California League of Women Voters[17]
- The California Democratic Party[18]
Arguments against
The arguments in opposition to Proposition 32 presented in the state's official voter guide include:
- "Proposition 32 is not what it seems. Prop. 32 promises 'political reform' but is really designed by special interests to help themselves and harm their opponents."
- "Business Super PACs and independent expenditure committees are exempt from Prop. 32's controls. These organizations work to elect or defeat candidates and ballot measures but aren't subject to the same contribution restrictions and transparency requirements for campaigns themselves. A recent Supreme Court decision allows these groups to spend unlimited amounts of money. Prop. 32 does nothing to deal with that. If Prop. 32 passes, Super PACs, including committees backed by corporate special interests, will become the major way campaigns are funded. These groups have already spent more than $95,000,000 in California elections since 2004. Our televisions will be flooded with even more negative advertisements."
- "Real campaign reform treats everyone equally, with no special exemptions for anyone. Proposition 32 was intentionally written to exempt thousands of big businesses like Wall Street investment firms, hedge funds, developers, and insurance companies. Over 1000 of the companies exempted by this measure are listed as Major Donors by the California Secretary of State. They have contributed more than $10,000,000 to political campaigns, just since 2009."
- "This measure says it prohibits unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. It says it also applies to corporations, so it sounds balanced. But 99% of California corporations don't use payroll deductions for political giving; they would still be allowed to use their profits to influence elections."
- "Some say 'this is unbalanced but it's a step forward.' Here's the problem with that. Restricting unions and their workers while not stopping corporate special interests will result in a political system that favors corporate special interests over everyone else."
Other arguments against Proposition 32 include:
- Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation, says, "It's not enough for them to have taken our houses and it's not enough for them to make millions off the TARP funding and federal government support for the banks, now they want even more. They want us to not even have a voice in politics whatsoever."[1]
- Columnist Thomas Elias says, the "initiative's ban on contributions to candidate-controlled committees is meaningless, merely a cover for another blatant attempt to reduce funds for liberal candidates while letting contributions to conservatives continue unfettered."[19]
- Ron Lind, the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, says, "The measure is a wolf in sheep's clothing designed to fool voters into approving a corporate power grab that will lead to even more corporate influence over our political system. What the backers won't say publicly is that they've written a giant loophole to allow for unlimited corporate spending on campaigns while furthering their real agenda of silencing the voices of middle-class workers and their unions."[20]
- State representative Linda Sanchez says, "This paycheck deception is the No. 1 target to silence the voices of hard-working families, and it's a crime."[21]
- State representative Judy Chu says, "This is the most dangerous proposition of all time. It will silence the union members and their voices."[21]
- Trudy Schafer of the California League of Women Voters says, "It promises political reform but it's really designed by its special interest backers to help themselves and harm their opponents."[17]
|Total campaign cash
It was predicted early on that the state's public sector (government employee) unions would provide up to $28 million to the campaign to defeat Proposition 32. By late September, however, the level of giving to the "no" campaign soared past that early estimate.[6][13],[14] The Sacramento Bee reports, "Now, on the heels of an election that saw unions handed a major defeat last week in Wisconsin, the opposing camps in California soon will launch a campaign battle likely to consume $50 million or more in political spending."[9]
According to Dan Morain, the state's public employee unions may find themselves torn between funding the campaign to defeat the Paycheck Protection Initiative and funding the campaign to pass the Proposition 30 (the Jerry Brown/"Millionaire's Tax" initiative). Morain says, "To help fund the campaign, Brown needs the help of organized labor. But unions will be busy trying to kill a separate initiative promoted by conservatives that would strip them of their ability to raise and spend money on campaigns."[22]
This is a list of the $100,000 and over donors to the "no" campaign as of October 1, 2012:[23]
|California Teachers Association
|SEIU/California State Council of Service Employees
|California Professional Firefighters
|California School Employees Association
|California Faculty Association
|Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC
|California Labor Federation (AFL-CIO/Change to Win)
|California/American Federation of Teachers
|International Association of Firefighters
|Professional Engineers in California Government
|Thomas Steyer
|California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
|California State Pipe Trades Council
|Los Angeles Police Protective League's Public Safety First PAC
|Peace Officers Research Association
|Million More Voters (AFL-CIO)
|Northern California District Council of Laborers' Issues
|State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
|United Transportation Union
|San Bernardino County Safety Employees' Benefit Association
|John Perez Ballot Measure Committee
|United Domestic Workers of America
|Union of American Physicians & Dentists
|California Association of Psychiatric Technicians
Political consultant Gale Kaufman is managing the opposition campaign. She ran the campaign against a similar measure, Proposition 226 in 1998.[6],[24]
Editorial opinion
"Yes on 32"
- The Orange County Register: "Anyone familiar with California politics knows that the most powerful forces, by far, in the state Capitol are the public-employee unions. Their clout was demonstrated this year when the California Teachers Association, the most powerful of them all, killed Senate Bill 1530, which would have made it easier to fire bad teachers for actions 'that involve certain sex offenses, controlled-substance offenses or child abuse offenses.' SB1530 was not concocted by a conservative Republican, but by state Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, a liberal Democrat. The bill advanced after several cases of teacher abuse against children came to light, especially a disgusting scenario allegedly involving Los Angeles Unified School District teacher Mark Berndt. The bill passed overwhelmingly in the state Senate, 33-4. Then the CTA killed it in the Assembly Education Committee."[25]
- The Redding Record Searchlight: "Nothing in Proposition 32 would stop unions from holding fundraisers, from asking members to write a check to support a good cause or candidate — from raising money just like any other political advocate. It would, however, slow the river of money that has drowned independent thinkers in Sacramento."[26]
- The San Diego Union-Tribune: "Of all the measures on the California ballot this fall, the most important is Proposition 32. It has the potential to change the balance of power in state and local governments in a hugely constructive way. How? By limiting the power of California's unions, the 21st-century version of the railroad companies that were so perniciously powerful a century ago that Gov. Hiram Johnson established direct democracy so voters could overrule a state Capitol in thrall to one interest group."[27]
"No on 32"
- The Bay Area Reporter: "This is an anti-labor measure concocted by southern California conservatives under the guise of campaign finance reform."[28]
- The Contra Costa Times: "If Proposition 32 did what supporters claim -- limit all special-interest money from corrupting the political system -- we would race to endorse it. It doesn't. It actually tilts the political playing field in favor of the wealthy and corporations."[29]
- The Los Angeles Times: "Proposition 32 is a deceptive measure that would disproportionately weaken some special interests while leaving others essentially unaffected. Those who have seen its list of backers will not be surprised to learn that it would have a devastating effect on labor unions' political fundraising efforts and only a trivial impact on corporate spending."[30]
- The Merced Sun-Star: "Proposition 32 would ban unions and corporations from using automatic paycheck deductions to raise money for political purposes. That might sound reasonable, except that it's loaded. Unions rely on payroll deductions, corporations do not."[31]
- The Sacramento Bee: "Our recommendation to reject Proposition 32 is not a vote of confidence for public employee unions. They have overreached too often and have too much clout with too many Democrats. Lawmakers should take action to make it easier for employees who disagree with union politics to opt out of making campaign donations. But Proposition 32 would tilt the system in favor of corporations and business trade groups."[32]
- The San Francisco Bay Guardian: "This is by far the most dangerous and deceptive measure on the ballot, one that threatens to cripple the ability of labor unions to engage meaningfully in the political process."[33]
- The San Francisco Chronicle: "Proposition 32 purports to be an even-handed attempt to reduce the influence of special interests in California. It is anything but balanced ... Organized labor has made defeat of Prop. 32 its highest priority in California because of what is unquestionably its most consequential element: A prohibition on the use of payroll deductions for political purposes."[34]
- The San Jose Mercury News: "It actually tilts the political playing field in favor of the wealthy and corporations."[35]
- The Santa Cruz Sentinel: "And while we've editorialized against the influence of unions on lawmakers in this state, and for how their bankrolling liberal Democrats has kept meaningful pension, education, government efficiency and budget reforms stalled, in this case, we reluctantly agree this measure has too many flaws, and urge voters to reject Prop. 32."[36]
- The Ventura County Star: "This measure claims to be aimed at cleaning up politics by clamping new restrictions on contributions. In reality, it amounts to a cynical ploy because it ignores some of the biggest problems of money in politics while putting handcuffs only on the political opponents of some of the measure's biggest backers."[37]
Polling information
- See also: Polls, 2012 ballot measures
A Field Poll on Proposition 32 was conducted between September 6 and September 18.[38]
The Public Policy Institute of California polled Proposition 32 for the first time in mid-September.[39]
|Date of Poll
|In favor
|Number polled
|September 9-16, 2012
|September 6-18, 2012
|Field Poll
|September 17-23, 2012
|USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times
|October 7-10, 2012
|California Business Roundtable
|October 11-15, 2012
|October 14-21, 2012
|October 21-28, 2012
|California Business Roundtable
|October 17-30, 2012
|Field Poll
Path to the ballot
- See also: California signature requirements
- A letter requesting a title and summary for the proposed initiative was signed by Ashlee N. Titus, and was received by the Attorney General of California's office on April 1, 2011.
- To earn a spot on the state's 2012 ballot, sponsors of the initiative were required to collect 504,760 signatures by October 24, 2011.
- They submitted approximately 900,000 signatures to county election officials on October 7.[8]
- On December 6, 2011, the California Secretary of State announced that the proposition was certified for the ballot.
- See also: List of ballot measure lawsuits in 2012
Supporters and opponents of Proposition 32 filed lawsuits seeking to alter the official ballot text that will appear in the state's official voter guide. The official voter guide comes in an online version and is also mailed to every registered voter in the state.[40]
The court ruled partly in favor and partly against the lawsuit filed by Proposition 32 supporters. The court altogether denied the request of Proposition 32's opponents.[40]
Ashlee Titus v. Debra Bowen[7]
Ashlee Titus v. Debra Bowen is the lawsuit filed by Proposition 32 supporters. They asked the court to do two things; the court agreed with them on one request.[7]
- First, Titus asked that the court change the state's official summary/label. The court agreed with this request.
The old ballot summary said:
- "Restricts union political fundraising by prohibiting use of payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. Applies same use restrictions to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations or government contractors. Prohibits union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees. Prohibits government contractor contributions to elected officers or their committees."
The new, court-ordered summary/label, with deleted text shown in strike-out text and added language shown in italics, says:
- "
RestrictsProhibits unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes. Applies same use restrictionsprohibition to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations or government contractors. RestrictsProhibits union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees. LimitsProhibits government contractor contributions to elected officers or their committees.
The key change was to the consistent use of "prohibits", rather than "restricts". In their lawsuit, according to "Yes on 32" campaign spokesperson Jake Suski, the use of the word "restrict", which was the word chosen by the Attorney General of California, was misleading. Suski said, "Voters deserve to be informed that Prop. 32 doesn't just reduce direct contributions from corporations and unions to politicians, it eliminates them entirely."[40] After the lower court's ruling came out, Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, went to a higher level court and filed a petition asking for immediate review of the lower court's decision. This request was denied.[41]
"Yes on 32" supporters made an additional request of the court. This second request was denied. This was a request to have the phrase "Other political expenditures remain unrestricted, including corporate expenditures from available resources not limited by payroll deduction prohibition" removed from the state's official materials.
Lou Paulson v. Debra Bowen[42]
Lou Paulson v. Debra Bowen is the lawsuit filed by the "No on 32" campaign. Their request to the court was denied.[42]
The "No on 32" campaign's lawsuit challenged ballot language they believed might mislead voters about whether payroll deductions could still occur if a worker provided the state with written permission when in fact, under the provisions of Proposition 32, the state cannot engage in the practice of payroll deductions regardless of whether or not a worker gives permission.[40]
External links
Basic information:
- Complete November 6, 2012 official voter guide
- Ballot title, summary and LAO analysis of Proposition 32
- Arguments for and against Proposition 32 in the official state voter guide
- Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 11-0010
- Proposition 32, an overview prepared by the League of Women Voters of California
- Proposition 32 on Voter's Edge
- Proposition 32 Cheatsheet from KCET
- Proposition 32 on California Choices (sponsored by Next 10, IGS at UC Berkeley, the UC San Diego Political Science Department, the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford, and the Center for CA Studies at Sac State)
- Proposition 32 at the California Voter Foundation
- "Stop Special Interest Money Now", website advocating in favor of Proposition 32
- Yes on Proposition 32 (twitter)
- Yes on Proposition 32 (Facebook)
- Campaign finance reports for "Yes on 32; Stop Special Interest Money Now
- Campaign finance reports for "Californians Against Special Interests
- Campaign finance reports for the "Citizen Power Campaign"
- No on Proposition 32 website
- No on Proposition 32 (twitter)
- No on Proposition 32 (Facebook)
- Campaign finance reports for "No on 32; Sponsored by Educators, Firefighters (Etc.)
- Campaign finance reports for the "International Association of Firefighters/No on 32"
- Campaign finance reports for "Los Angeles Police Protective League/No on 32"
- Campaign finance reports for "Californians for Good Jobs; Yes on 30/No on 32"
- Campaign finance reports for "Students and Families of California; Yes on 30/No on 32"
- Campaign finance reports for "Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Yes on 30/No on 32"
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Business Week, "Measure to curb union, corporate clout qualifies", December 8, 2011
- ↑ Human Events, "Paycheck Protection Makes a California Comeback", October 19, 2011
- ↑ KCRA, "At 100, California Direct Democracy Gets Facelift", October 10, 2011
- ↑ Ricochet, "California's Initiative Process Turns 100", October 10, 2011
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "California politicans use power to fix the ballot game", January 30, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mercury News, "High-stakes labor battle coming to California", January 30, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Superior Court of the State of California County of Sacramento, "Ashlee Titus v. Debra Bowen"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sacramento Bee, "Backers of 'paycheck protection' measure submit signatures", October 7, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sacramento Bee, "Unions will start spending millions to tout message about Calif. campaign donation ballot measure", June 9, 2012
- ↑ Walnut Creek Patch, "California Republicans Oppose Proposed Tax Measures", August 12, 2012
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "California's Public Union Referendum", August 10, 2012
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Viewpoints: Prop. 32 is a small check on special interests", August 11, 2012
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sacramento Bee, "Unions give $500,000 to oppose 'paycheck' ballot measure", May 22, 2012
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sacramento Bee, "Firefighters group gives $1 million to fight campaign finance measure", July 6, 2012
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Good-government groups call Proposition 32 deceptive", July 23, 2012
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "'Reform' initiative wears a soiled white hat", December 22, 2011
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Contra Costa Times, "Union political donation ballot measure questioned", July 23, 2012
- ↑ Walnut Patch, "Democratic Party Picks State Ballot Measures to Support", July 30, 2012
- ↑ Redding Record-Searchlight, "One-sided 'paycheck protection'", February 26, 2012
- ↑ Mercury News, "Ron Lind: Special interest ballot measure really is just anti-union", March 2, 2012
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Teamsters rally against ballot initiative in El Monte", April 14, 2012
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Dan Morain: The heat is on Jerry Brown and the Democrats", June 10, 2012
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Unions Kick in another $1.1 million to defeat Proposition 32", August 10, 2012
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Californians to Watch: Campaign consultant Gale Kaufman makes labor's case to voters", December 27, 2011
- ↑ Orange County Register, "Editorial: Yes on Prop. 32 (unions)", October 3, 2012
- ↑ Redding Record Searchlight, "Editorial: Prop. 32 would restore balance to Sacramento", September 29, 2012
- ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune, "Yes on 32: Break the union stranglehold", October 5, 2012
- ↑ Bay Area Reporter, "Editorial: State ballot measures", September 20, 2012
- ↑ Contra Costa Times, "Summary of our endorsements on state propositions", September 22, 2012
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "No on Proposition 32", October 3, 2012
- ↑ Merced Sun-Star, "Our View: Prop 32 goes after unions, not big money", October 4, 2012
- ↑ "Sacramento Bee", "Endorsements: Proposition 32 power play deserves a 'no' vote", September 23, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Endorsements 2012: State ballot measures", October 3, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Editorial: Chronicle recommends", October 5, 2012
- ↑ [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21603644/summary-our-endorsements-state-propositions San Jose Mercury News, "Summary of our endorsements on state propositions", September 22, 2012]
- ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Prop. 32: Unfair, and flawed Measure would ban using payroll deductions for political purposes", September 22, 2012
- ↑ Ventura County Star, "Editorial: Prop. 32 a sham, deserves to lose in Nov. 6 election", August 30, 2012
- ↑ Press Enterprise, "Initiative trails in new poll", September 20, 2012
- ↑ Public Policy Institute of California, "Californians and Their Government", September 2012
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 Los Angeles Times, "Judge orders changes to Prop. 32 language", August 13, 2012
- ↑ In the Court of Appeal of the State of California in and for the Third Appellate District, "Kamala D. Harris v. The Superior Court of Sacramento, Respondent, and Debra Bowen, as Secretary, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest, Filed August 13, 2012
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I'm not in the US, you insensitive clod! (Score:3, Informative)by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @03:10PM (#42058617)
'nuff said
I am not from the US, so :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping) [wikipedia.org]
apparantly, this is some sort of feast to appease the god of materialism.
Fortunately, I don't belong to the "Wait girl! Are those shoes on SALE?" category. I buy stuff when I need it and don't risk being crushed by crazy shopper mobs or yelling at the monitor because the overloaded online store webpage doesn't refresh fast enough. Have friends who participated to both occurrences and man, it ain't funny. Not to mention incorrect marketing practices, for example raise the price by 25% a week before and then write "30% OFF" during Black Friday (or sometimes only "20% OFF" for extra trolling).
Yes, I'm not from the US but this psychosis caught wings here in Romania as well. And it works; last year, one of our major online IT retailers sold practically EVERYTHING they had, all stock, from voltage converters to 100K USD plasma screens. All was gone in a matter of hours. I know because I incidentally tried to buy a PC component later on that Friday last year and there was nothing in stock. Then I realized why.
Honestly, I think those shoppers are a bit crazy.
The Canadian (or UK) equivalent is Boxing Day [wikipedia.org].
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @05:30PM (#42060159)
Like every Friday (Score:4, Informative)
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Re:I work retail (Score:4, Informative)by BoogeyOfTheMan (1256002) on Friday November 23, 2012 @12:24AM (#42070957)
No, no we dont. As someone who spent almost every black friday since 2000 working retail, I will tell you that it really sucks. No additional pay. Its a mandatory work day. Since most places like to limit overtime, you get fewer hours for the rest of the week so you can be scheduled for 8-14hrs on black friday and not go over 40. (in most cases, there are exceptions of course).
The only good part is if you work somewhere that gives you a commission and you get stuck behind a register. My paycheck was usually doubled. The bad part is that most people are waiting for those sales, so the paycheck before and after that tend to be a little bit lower.
Although, on a masochistic side, it can be kind of a rush as long as nothing catastrophic happens.
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Fast and precise A/D board
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The DS2004's burst mode offers two ways of converting measurement values.
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- Triggered sample mode: A burst of conversions can be started by software or a trigger event.
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Each of the DS2004's 16 channels has an independent A/D converter with a resolution of 16 bits and differential inputs. The conversion time is 800 ns per channel. The measurement modes plus 4 external trigger inputs and extensive trigger functions enable the conversion of both single measurement values and whole sample bursts. The board buffers up to 16,384 values per channel and then transfers them to the processor board as a burst. This cuts the volume of communication and improves overall system performance.
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The Commerce Department is running into some unexpected challenges in implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
Mike Maraya, Commerce's program manager for IT security, said the headquarters office is more than 75 percent implemented, but still needs to figure out how to secure the identity cards of contract employees after they have left the job.
"There are of course costs associated with that and one of the issues we have is if you were to issue credentials under the current contract with GSA they are supposed to be issued for five years," said Maraya, after a presentation at a recent conference. "We are working with GSA on that so that when a contractor does leave the department they do turn their cards in, but when they are valid for five years even one contractor not turning one back in is a huge risk."
The 100-plus agencies using the managed service offering from the General Services Administration face this challenge more than departments managing their own card issuance.
Maraya said the benefits of the managed service keeps costs down, but Commerce must figure out how to address the expiration of vendor credentials.
"We are approaching it on multiple fronts, including working with GSA," he said. "We are making sure we have the flexibility we need and the pricing that works for us. We also are working internally with some of the contractors. If we could use PIV-I, which is a contractor issued PIV card, that may help with our logical access implementation, but not much with physical access control. We still would have to question how these credentials were issued and if you have a background investigation. We are trying to attack it on multiple fronts."
Deadline missed
The Office of Management and Budget and the Homeland Security Department required all agencies to use these secure identity cards for all logical and physical access starting in fiscal 2012.
Every civilian agency missed the deadline to require all employees and contractors to log-on to the computer system using the HSPD-12 card.
OMB reported in its 2012 report to Congress on the implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act, that 90 percent of all federal employee have HSPD-12 compliant smartcards, only four agencies — the departments of Defense, Education and Agriculture and the General Services Administration—- required at least 44 percent of all users to log to the network using the cards.
Of the other 18 agencies, only four showed any progress — the departments of Homeland Security, State and Commerce and NASA — in requiring logical access log-in.
"The FY 2011 FISMA metrics data indicates that 66 percent of government user accounts are configured to require Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards to authenticate to agencies' networks, up from 55 percent in FY 2010," OMB stated. "The increase of 11 percent was attributable to several agencies which made significant strides in HSPD-12 implementation to include the Department of Education which increased 59 percent in PIV authentication usage in FY 2011. An additional 22 percent of user accounts are configured to optionally use PIV cards."
Despite the challenges, Maraya said the use of secure identity cards is becoming ingrained in the agency more broadly.
Commerce bureaus, Census, Patent and Trademark and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, all are taking advantage of single sign-on capabilities and other cybersecurity benefits of logging onto the computer network with the HSPD-12 cards.
"We are leveraging their lessons learned and coordinating with them on implementing single sign-on capabilities," he said. "If we could find some sort of internal shared service provider, we always look to other government agencies so we don't have to build it ourselves."
Maraya said moving to a single sign-on capability would make a huge difference for the agency.
He said the OMB's MAX portal is a good example of why this technology is important.
"I don't have to pay for it," he said. "As a Commerce employee, it's not funded out of my program. If I give you the software and hardware to use your card, that's one less password you have to remember."
Getting rid of passwords
Agencies spend a lot of money and effort managing passwords. It's one of the most common helpdesk requests.
But through the use of HSPD-12 cards and the use of single sign-on, password management becomes much simpler.
"What I'm seeing is as newer sites and services come online, they can use Google, Facebook or an Amazon ID, and eventually in line with National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, you will have this identity ecosystem where you have these credential maintainers and as long as you have a Google ID — of course depending on what you are trying to get into you will have commiserate level of security — you will be able to reuse," he said. "If you have a token or another form of authentication, it helps too. But gone are the days of having to build in a username and password management system in anything you build."


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It's complaining about one of your transforms. That's not a problem with the ZenPack, that's a problem with your Zenoss isntance that you have to fix.
When a ZenPack is installed Zenoss creates an event where agent is blank. You need to change your transform to:
if evt.agent:
if evt.agent == "zensyslog" and evt.ntevid:
evt.eventClassKey = "nteventlog"
# evt.eventClass = "/Win
That way it'll actually check for the existence of evt.agent before trying to use it.
Sorry, problem was realy in my transform, but I must rewrite it like this. Your way dont works for me, evt.agent always generate exceptions.
if evt and hasattr(evt, 'agent') and hasattr(evt, 'ntevid'):
if evt.agent == "zensyslog":
evt.eventClassKey = "nteventlog"
In my Z 3.2.1 can I install ZenPack from commandline OK, but in events I've got this:
Unhandled exception in zenhub service ZenPacks.community.SQLDataSource.services.SqlPerfConfig.SqlPerfConfig: 'WinServiceSNMPDevice' object is unsubscriptable
Then I tried remodel some device with -v10 and queries for snmp services runs fine too. But in Component list I don't see Services list and in events I've got another error:
Windows service '' is stopped
It sounds like you already had a different zPythonClass set on that class so my ZenPack wasn't able to add it's zPythonClass in (which is essential for it to work). Check the zPythonClass property for the class/device.
If the zPythonClass is set then it's somehow clashing with the SQL Data Source pack in a way that I didn't expect. I can't see why it would be though.
...also make sure you actually restarted Zenoss after you installed the ZenPack.
Did you have any luck getting this working?
I tried restart zenoss repeately and check zPythonClass in all my servers. All is set to your class. I cannot found problem too. Some servers works fine, some haven't WindowsService component.
The ZenPack automatically rebuilds device relations for existing devices at the end of the install, provided it's not interrupted. This is required for the "Windows Services" component to show up for those devices. I would suggest trying to do this manually for a device by moving it outside the /Server/Windows class and then back in to it.
Today is the last chance for beta testing feedback prior to official ZenPack release.
Pavel, have you tried moving one of the devices that don't have the Windows Services component out of the /Server/Windows class that they are in and then back in to it as I had suggested?
Hi Ryan,
I move prolematic device into subclass and at now I think it works fine. Tnx.
Good to hear, you should be able to move it back out of the sub-class to it's original class and it should still work. I think your ZenPack install somehow stopped before it had rebuilt the relations for all of your devices. Simply by moving them to a different class and then back to their original class it will force the relations to be rebuilt (which will cause the modeling/monitoring to work properly).
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