On Monday, November 07, 2005 3:19 PM [PDT], Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some of the "good government" folks in California favor Ah-nold's > reapportionment scheme. That's because it's a more complex issue than > it has been portrayed by many of its opponents. It does indeed address > the issue of the insulation of incumbents that corrupts both of the > official parties. However, it's poorly written, so I voted NO (by > absentee ballot). The fact that Cooper votes against all of Arnie's > other props is much more important than his vote for prop. 77. > > I'm so glad I voted already, so I can ignore all the damned ads. Some > are funny, including the one with Judge Wopner (of the "People's > Court") rapping prop. 77. > > (Judge Wopner and Louis Proyect -- strange bedfellows.) The last round of re-districting put part of Santa Cruz in San Mateo. ... incumbent neutralized [no longer incumbent]. Nice... Guess which way the politcal philosophy of N Santa Cruz county went, at the legislative end? Right... the folks at that end of the county had their opinions unrepresented for a period of time. I suspect an important period of time for certain isssue due to be voted on, but I wasn't following the legislative intrigue. > a more complex issue than > it has been portrayed by many of its opponents. It does indeed > address the issue of the insulation of incumbents that corrupts"... ...is NOT something that I'd care to let an unsophisticated hack like Arnold Schartzenegger jerrymander(big SIC). Leigh www.leighm.net
