Local Elections

[archibaldcrane]

Fred Risser, a state Senator from Wisconsin is the longest-serving politician in US history. He just retired, and one of my high school classmates, Kelda Roys, won his seat.

https://www.channel3000.com/kelda-ro...nate-district/

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1...057884672?s=21

https://twitter.com/therecount/statu...93435258093575

[Yabby]

Yea, because that is how it works.

[Milkster]

Establishment democrats and old money are fucking terrible and homophobic.

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/14/...l-state-party/

[Cantih]

For CA, the L.A. subreddit stickied these two images.

Who is endorsing propositions


And who is putting money behind the propositions.

[Kaslo]

So Oklahoma elected a Black Queer Muslim Woman to the State House

[Buffy]

Assuming she didn't run ads that way.

[6souls]

Assuming she didn't run ads that way.

Not finding any ads. She did get a ButtGuy endorsement in September.

[synistar]

Uber, Lyft, Postmates, et al won in their California ballot initiative to classify drivers as independent contractors. Wasn't even close.

[Qalbert]

Uber, Lyft, Postmates, et al won in their California ballot initiative to classify drivers as independent contractors. Wasn't even close.

https://twitter.com/hamiltonnolan/st...99675515625472

[Melena]

Cause people are dumb. Also the outright propaganda streams didn't help. The amount of texts and pop ups I got in the doordash app when I do deliveries was fucking insane, so I can only imagine what it was like for the consumer aps for ordering.

[synistar]

Just a hunch but I'm thinking the bill classifying ICs in California will get repealed since this was supposed to reign in these delivery app companies and other industries got caught in the collateral damage.

[Qalbert]

didn't they bake in language making it super hard to repeal it, or am I confusing it with something else?

[synistar]

California AB5 that passed in Sept 2019 was the law that reclassified ICs as employees with a few exceptions. Then in Sept 2020, AB2257 was passed adding in even more exemptions but still applied AB5 to rideshare and delivery apps.

[Melena]

I think he's talking about SB22 which requires like 90% of the legislature to overturn it. I said it before, and I'll say it again. The gig companies only have themselves to blame. All they had to do was keep pay decent for the workers, and no one would have complained. But no, first it too a lawsuit against uber for terminating drivers for having a tip jar despite being IC's. Then the constant reduction in pay.

I'm not joking that in the last year I did uber, which was as a near full time second job in 2018, for making about approximately 35000, my whole state/federal tax was maybe a few hundred dollars, if that. My full time W-2 job more than covered the taxes for it. Uber, Lyft, and to a lesser extent doordash/postmates, etc the wages are essentially 70-100% subsidized by the IRS due to deductions. In 2018, my last year an Uber X ride paid .65 a mile and .12 cents a minute. Miles without a passenger in the car were also deductible as you were still looking for fares, and with a mileage deduction that bounced between .54-.59 a mile when I was doing it, it's pretty obvious what their intention was.

Also should mention that at the time when I made that 35k, I was working 6pm-10pm Mon-Thurs, 6pm to 2am Fridays, and 3pm to 2am Saturdays and 12-10 on Sunday.

[archibaldcrane]

People like their cheap, plentiful, convenient cab rides.

[Melena]

That's all fine and dandy. The problem is they made the rides too cheap. They could have easily gone the 60-80% of a cab route, kept pay decent, and things would be kosher. But with the fact that they will refund/credit you for just the slightest complaint, while also screwing the driver over, it's no wonder they lose money. Pro tip, if you hate your driver and want that 30-50 dollar fare reversed, tell Uber/Lyft your driver was high/drunk. Instant refund no questions asked (so long as you don't abuse it) and the driver gets suspended for 3 days automatically, and if 2-3 people do it to them, they get perma'd.

[Jaybar]

Illinois had a constitutional amendment vote to change to a progressive income tax method versus the current flat tax. It bombed horribly. Now instead of raising taxes on the rich making more than 200k as was proposed, a flat tax increase is likely on the table that will end up hurting the lower and middle class the hardest. The irony of the average voter is too much for me.

[Byrthnoth]

Eyyyyy https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...by-dark-money/

Republicans be Republicaning

[Salodin]

Eyyyyy https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...by-dark-money/

Republicans be Republicaning

This should be illegal

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