Forum (Forum & Focus)
Jun. 5, 2009
State of Emergency
It takes a crisis to get people to subordinate their personal economic interests and work for the public good, writes Mike Willemsen.
FORUM COLUMN
By Mike Willemsen Newt Gingrich said recently that the May California election showed that the voters distrusted and rejected their legislators. This is certainly true; the only measure that was passed by the voters barred the legislators from increasing their salary when the state runs a deficit. This was a spite measure that will have no practical effect. But Gingrich also said the election showed that California voters want...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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