Was GSK Voting Against Prop 13 On June 6, 1978?
Mar 16, 2018 23:19:45 GMT
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Post by thetriplelindy on Mar 16, 2018 23:19:45 GMT
Did GSK go back to Davis to vote on June 6, 1978? The implication of that would be that he lived in Davis as others have inferred in earlier posts, or had an old address there under which he’d still be registered to vote. If GSK wasn’t living in Davis at the time, he may have had a responsibility related to the election that brought him into town. Perhaps this was as a security guard, state police, poll observer, etc.
The June 6, 1978 election was pretty special. This was the election that brought about the passage of Proposition 13. For those that aren’t aware, California has a system by which the public can affect change via direct democracy – meaning, if the public has enough support on a particular issue, it can be added to the ballot for a general vote. Proposition 13 was just such an initiative – the people of California felt as though their taxes were too high and that the state budget was out of control and reigned in public spending by capping the amount a homeowner pays in property tax at 1% of the value of the property when it’s purchased. While the issue split politicians, the people of California spoke en masse, and those elected officials from both parties that opposed Prop 13 eventually had to accept it in support. It was just too popular with a large portion of the public. Not only did this make Prop 13 a “sacred cow” (which it still is today), it was also recognized in the national press as part of the changing climate that brought Reagan into the White House. It’s sponsors made the cover of Time magazine.
While the proposition gained statewide support, Yolo County was an exception, with Davis being the strongest area of opposition in the county. Here’s a post-election analysis that speaks to Prop 13’s significance to the counties that voted against it: "Still, the scale of Proposition 13’s victory was impressive. It was successful in 55 of California’s 58 counties, meeting defeat only in San Francisco, Yolo, and Kern. San Francisco is a city of renters, and renters had little to gain from Proposition 13. Yolo is a predominantly rural county, whose voters favored Proposition 13, except for the residents of Davis who supplied the margin of its defeat. Davis is the home of a branch of the University of California and a bedroom community for state employees working in neighboring Sacramento."
Back then, only ~4% of voters voted by mail. Which means that if GSK wanted to vote in this election, it was overwhelmingly likely that he voted from his primary polling place and didn’t mail his vote in.
If you arrange the Modesto / Davis attacks and strange sightings in order, you get a story like this, which implies that GSK was in Davis for the entirety of Election Day on June 6:
The June 6, 1978 election was pretty special. This was the election that brought about the passage of Proposition 13. For those that aren’t aware, California has a system by which the public can affect change via direct democracy – meaning, if the public has enough support on a particular issue, it can be added to the ballot for a general vote. Proposition 13 was just such an initiative – the people of California felt as though their taxes were too high and that the state budget was out of control and reigned in public spending by capping the amount a homeowner pays in property tax at 1% of the value of the property when it’s purchased. While the issue split politicians, the people of California spoke en masse, and those elected officials from both parties that opposed Prop 13 eventually had to accept it in support. It was just too popular with a large portion of the public. Not only did this make Prop 13 a “sacred cow” (which it still is today), it was also recognized in the national press as part of the changing climate that brought Reagan into the White House. It’s sponsors made the cover of Time magazine.
While the proposition gained statewide support, Yolo County was an exception, with Davis being the strongest area of opposition in the county. Here’s a post-election analysis that speaks to Prop 13’s significance to the counties that voted against it: "Still, the scale of Proposition 13’s victory was impressive. It was successful in 55 of California’s 58 counties, meeting defeat only in San Francisco, Yolo, and Kern. San Francisco is a city of renters, and renters had little to gain from Proposition 13. Yolo is a predominantly rural county, whose voters favored Proposition 13, except for the residents of Davis who supplied the margin of its defeat. Davis is the home of a branch of the University of California and a bedroom community for state employees working in neighboring Sacramento."
Back then, only ~4% of voters voted by mail. Which means that if GSK wanted to vote in this election, it was overwhelmingly likely that he voted from his primary polling place and didn’t mail his vote in.
If you arrange the Modesto / Davis attacks and strange sightings in order, you get a story like this, which implies that GSK was in Davis for the entirety of Election Day on June 6:
- Between April and June, there are some sightings in Woodland, CA, that may have been GSK, but no attributed attacks.
- In early June, a janitor at the apartment complex of victim 33 in Davis, notices a man watching her in the pool.
- Attack 32 occurs in the early morning hours of June 5, 1978, in Modesto.
- Later that same day, the woman in Davis says she believes she sees the same man back at the apartment complex.
- The next day, June 6, 1978, is Election Day.
- That same night, early in the hours of June 7, 1978, victim 33 is attacked in Davis.
- On June 18, a neighbor of a future victim spotted a suspicious man in her side yard. The man said he worked for a developer and they were interested in solar homes. The woman didn’t think he really knew anything about them, though. Coincidentally, Proposition 3 during that same election sought tax exemptions for alternative energy projects. Here is the California Voter’s Pamphlet for that election. Notably, Prop 3 provided a 5-year tax exemption on solar panels installed on residential properties. This may imply that GSK had a general awareness of the ballot initiatives for that June 6 election.
- That same woman discovered the Golden Bear jacket on her property after an attack about a week later. The Golden Bear jacket has been discussed previously, but may have had a connection to state employees.
- The couple in attack 34 both worked at Modesto City Hospital. I’m still trying to confirm this, but I believe the City Hospital would have had security provided by the state.
- Attack 35 happened in Davis. The female victim thought that GSK may have known her in that he was more “gentle” with her, cried after the attack, and called her by a nickname that wasn’t written down in the house. This lends more credence to GSK being local to Davis and potentially knowing this victim.
- Prior to the Davis / Modesto series, the maximum amount of money GSK had stolen in one attack was only $150. At attack 32, on the eve of the Prop 13 vote, GSK took $1500 from his victims. Was GSK worried that he’d lose his job because of the election? Perhaps as a state worker? Davis would only have 24 days after the vote to close a 20%-plus gap between income and expenditures if Prop 13 passed. Some cuts in staffing would be likely.