Forum (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 12, 2009
Resetting California
The core of the way we govern ourselves - the basic gears in the watch of state government - have seriously eroded over time, write Thomas V. McKernan and Robert M. Hertzberg.
FORUM COLUMN
By Thomas V. McKernan and Robert M. Hertzberg The abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher once wrote, "laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up and set to true time." More than 100 years later, California is proving him right. The basic design of our state may be sound, but it's simply not performing the way most of us would like. Part of the problem stems from the very nature of a state as l...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In