November 2008 Archives

10.24.2008

After a lengthy discussion about taking money from a tobacco company, the Los Angeles City Council voted 6 to 4 Friday to reject a $10,000 donation from Philip Morris that was intended to fund enforcement against the illegal street sales of tobacco products.  
    An official from the Bureau of Street Services explained that the city has had problems with the illegal street vending of single cigarettes. The donated money would go to help fund the law enforcement required to stop such illegal sales.
   

Proposition 8 was one of the most contentious voter issues on the California ballot. A 'Yes' on 8 vote supported a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, eliminating the rights of same-sex couples to marry.

Opponents argued this is a civil rights issue that should not be put to a vote.

At the time of the election, it was legal for same-sex couples to marry in California.  


Music by Marvin Gaye - A protest song for a Pershing Square protest.