Sentence examples for opposed propositions from inspiring English sources

Social programs and robust capitalism are not, as so many would have you believe, inherently opposed propositions.

Gonzales, a former aide to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who now handles government affairs for Vons and Safeway, had opposed Propositions 30 and 38, competing tax measures to address the state's multibillion-dollar deficit and fund education.

Mr. Brown's action did not surprise supporters of Proposition 8. "It's no secret that the attorney general opposed Proposition 8 during the campaign," said Andrew Pugno, the lawyer for the group behind the ban, Protect Marriage.

Forty-eight percent of California voters opposed Proposition 8.

She is the Republican who opposes the Arizona law and opposed Proposition 187.

The A.C.L.U. has actively opposed Proposition 8, but Judge Reinhardt said that he could remain impartial.

He opposed Proposition 187 and supported English Plus, a modified version of bilingual education.

It should help him among Democrats, 68percentt of whom opposed Proposition 8.

(Mr. Pataki opposed Proposition 187, the California measure denying public services to illegal immigrants).

Fifty-nine percent of Central Valley voters opposed Proposition 19, while 30 percent supported it, according to the Field poll.

He noted that he vigorously opposed Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes, in 1978 when he was first governor, and survived that.