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Ding Dong, the Witch Has a Short Life Expectancy

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

First the good news. When California's Legislature convenes for its next session after the November election, the criminal-friendly persons presently running both houses won't be running them. The voters of California have once again shown that they have much better judgment when they vote directly on issues than they do in electing legislators. With 88% of precincts reporting (as of 5:09 am), Proposition 93 is losing 53.3-46.7.  That measure would have watered down the term limits and allowed present Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to stay on for years. Now the bad news. California's Legislature will likely remain severely dysfunctional and fail to represent the people's views on crime issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).