On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Simple. To stay in office, one must protect the sacred cow. > > Term limits might help. Then politicians "might" do the right thing if > their future in office didn't depend on the protecting said sacred cow. > > CA is famous for referendums. Put term limits on the ballot. We have had term limits since 1990. We need a proposition to overturn it, the legislature is powerless to act because a law enacted by proposition is actually a change to the state constitution and can only be changed by proposition. The state supreme court just struck down limits on medical marijuana quantities by growers that were imposed by the legislature on just those grounds. In other words, the situation has to get so bad that voters choose to change the law. We're not there yet, but we're headed in that directi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
