Initiatives
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It’s about time for Californians to finally get mad enough to get rid of the law that allows (and invites) making law by referendum. How many initiatives on this year’s ballot? I only know because I looked at my Voter’s Guide, but it is too many.
Initiatives were supposed to give the people a last resort if the Legislature fails to act. It has become a game and a big business, with Californians the losers.
I will vote against every initiative on this year’s ballot. I wish everyone else would too. Then, let’s see a change in the state Constitution that raises the threshold. How about requiring both houses of the Legislature to have had a bill before them with the exact wording of a proposed initiative for one year before anyone can circulate a petition for it?
A. DAVID ROSSIN
Los Altos Hills
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