It was one of the earliest "initiatives" that killed what was one of the
finest public education systems ever. It also gave way to some of the more
ridiculous anti tax movements.
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Gomez
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:11 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OOOOOTTTTTTTTT)
We do have a lot of initiatives, as they are called here, and I'm of the
opinion that eventually, the initiative process will render the legislature
even more irrelevant than they have already rendered themselves, at least
as far as budgetary issues go. While the process may sometimes contribute
to the problem, more often it seems to contribute to solutions wanted by
the people of the state, by removing politicians from the decision and
making it far more difficult for them to steal funds from a voter-approved
program to pay for yet another legislative boondoggle. 'Tis direct
democracy, at it's best and worst.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Charles Geilfuss <
charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's not done at the national level but it is done very often at the
> state and local level. California seems to have a lot and likely has
> contributed to their budget woes.
>
> Charlie
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|