Today is voting day and in San Francisco local swimmers and triathletes have a choice: "Global Peace Center" or "Alcatraz"

So which will it be San Francisco: The Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, or the Escape From the Global Peace Center Triathlon? Then there is the Alcatraz Sharfest Swim or the Global Peace Center Shrakfest Swim? Finally there is my favorite: Swim or Die, the Global Peace Center Challenge!

Proposition 'C' is a San Francisco ballot initiative that would allow the people of San Francisco to buy Alcatraz Island from the federal government and perhaps build a "Global Peace Center" in it's place. Here a USA Today article about it: [Link]

This is how we legislate in California; by initiative. Our legislative branch is so deadlocked and so frightened to make a decision that they or even our Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, put up ballot initiatives to bypass the process. The rest of the US is not this progressive or extreme; depending on your point of view, and consequently California leans more towards democracy rather than a republic style of government. I for one like it this way and subsequently we are the best state in the country! :-P