Forum (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 8, 2008
California's Once Progressive Initiative Process Is Now Badly Broken
A once progressive reform, California's ballot initiative system now undermines party responsibility and the traditional forms of representative government in the state, writes Jeffrey A. Lowe. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Jeffrey A. Lowe "When all is said and [done] about the 39th session of the California legislature, just ended [which created the initiative process in California], it may be summed up in this: It freed the state from the corporate bonds which enslaved it for decades. It gave to the people the privileges of making and unmaking their laws, and naming and removing their officials. It made hope spring again in the hearts of men and wom...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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