Mr. Howe denied that the city government's debate about Proposition 23 has had any bearing on the prospects for the lease.
Mr. Greene said he had never heard of the same-sex-marriage debate or Proposition 8, the referendum that outlawed such marriages.
Embroiled in the California debate over Proposition 30's progressive income tax proposals, some politicians have argued that raising taxes on the highest earners will drive them to states with lower tax rates, taking businesses and jobs with them.
In the debate over Proposition 19, a ballot initiative that would challenge the federal ban on marijuana, members of a new group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition are defending legalization against prominent Democrats who they say have flip-flopped.
The archconservative jurist and the neoconnish political analyst were there to debate a proposition -- "That America's brightest days lie yet before her" -- which has recently been dividing conservatives who believe that the country is getting better despite the baleful effects of sixties liberalism from those who believe that it is doomed because of sixties liberalism.
Let the new charter commit governments to proposing the right level of the BBC's future funding; let the BBC and independent scrutiny assess the consequences of that funding; let the public have their say about what they're willing to pay, and then let parliament debate the proposition – publicly, transparently.
But historians say this is especially true of Mr. Bush, who is leaving office with approval ratings so low that his former political strategist, Karl Rove, recently appeared before a liberal audience in New York City to debate the proposition that "Bush 43 is the worst president in the last 50 years".
Beard knows the organization well enough to help it move forward, and as far as I can tell, he did not get involved in the debate around Proposition 8.
Now, as California is preparing for the November election, the debate over Proposition 10 has left me torn.
As a criminal justice researcher, the debate over Proposition 47 is of great interest to me professionally.
Openly gay actor George Takei of Star Trek fame, who married his partner in California during the debate over Proposition 8, returns as a guest star in the series.
