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Chuck Martin

Proposition 31: Flavored Tobacco Ban: Yes

I feel dirty. I have spent hours and pages telling you to not let people and corporations buy our laws. Yet that’s exactly what is going on…

1 min readNov 1, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 30, Tax on Income Above $2 Million for ZEVs and Wildfire Prevention: No

Here it is, another bad law wrapped in virtue. Who could oppose increasing the too-low taxes on the wealthiest among us and using the funds…

1 min readNov 1, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 29, Dialysis Clinics: No

Here we go again. Unions aren’t getting their way with companies by established methods, so they are trying to force Californians to…

1 min readNov 1, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 28, Art & Music Funding: No

I am confident that people everywhere would be surprised that I oppose funding for art and education in our public schools.

2 min readNov 1, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 27, Mobile Sports Gambling: No

If you could possible write a worse sports gambling proposition than Proposition 27, the mobile gambling app companies BetMGM, DraftKings…

1 min readOct 18, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 26, Sports Gambling at Tribal Casinos: No

They say you should follow the money, and that is no more true than when it comes to gambling. Like most statewide initiatives in…

3 min readOct 17, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Proposition 1, Abortion: Yes

Well there you go again, said a famous politician who was not so famous for undermining the government he so wanted to lead. The very first…

1 min readOct 17, 2022

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Chuck Martin

2022 Election Recommendations

There is a lot going on in the 2022 midterm elections. News and advertisements about candidates and initiatives at all levels saturate the…

3 min readOct 17, 2022

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Chuck Martin

Be humble, they say…

For years, I’ve been given the advice to “be humble.” Usually applying to work situations, whether in job interviews or dealing with…

2 min readDec 13, 2021

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Chuck Martin

The Climb: A Hiking Story

Pandemic restrictions being lessened, thanks in no large part to enough people being vaccinated, led to my first trip to Seattle in several…

6 min readNov 5, 2021

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The Climb: A Hiking Story

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Chuck Martin

Chuck Martin

Rational. Emotional. Thoughtful. Opinionated. Politics. Sports. Politics in sports. Tech. Writing. Tech writing. Calling out the B.S. everywhere.

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