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Yes, I would vote for that.

Make up your mind angie2.

"6 votes for President McCain."

"Hey! Only 1 of those votes was for President McCain!"

love it!

pretty obvious, sure, but still one of the most intelligent things ever to come outta this column, nice!

I think you miss the point, many San Franciscan want prostitution decriminalized, which would cost the police less in the long run. Eliminate the middle men and make it safe for women involved in it. Maybe San Franciscans know that not funding prostitution arrests in general is not the way to go. There are some NIMBYs everywhere but give the voters of San Francisco alittle credit and never suggest to put it to a statewide vote. There are way more NUMBY voters down south.

I like the initiative idea, but you're not takign the Eyman angle far enough. Do what he does - advertise it as an initiative to eliminate some percentage point of some tax that goes to law enforcement and then in the fine print include a condition that the reduction will specifically be paid for by eliminating prosecution of "personal services restricted under RWC..., provided contracts for such services are concluded and the services delivered in private." No one will know what the heck the intiiative is for, but they'll just blindly vote for it, because, you know, all taxes are bad and government is wasteful. Mission accomplished! And yes, the street walkers will be left out in the cold, but no law or lack of a law will help them. If they had the capacity to move indoors, they wouldn't be out walking the street in the first place. Their problems are more profound that prosecution for prostitution.

and evidently, i can't type and the edit button doesn't work.

The best argument I heard against the prop K was that without money to "fight" prostitution how would the human trafficking be addressed. I've heard the argument that prostitutes would self address this issue; that they'd report it as they see it. But then we are essentially saying,"yeah you got kidnapped and shipped halfway around the world and repeatedly raped, but don't worry someday some one will take pity on you and report it to the cops."
I'm not trying to say that prostitutes are in any way less kind or less committed to the fight against human trafficking, but it shouldn't be their responsibility alone. We should be doing everything we can to prevent such a fate.

Well if looking at us is the problem them i'd expect the NIMBYs to be up in arms about the recent changes in Craigslist that will surely send scores of workers back to the streets.
See ya!