28 September 2007

Disneyland Democracy

[Note: Read the "prequel" to this post, "Private Legislatures" first and this will make a lot more sense to you. -- HW]

The California media are chasing their tails over the revelation that the “Electoral College” initiative that’s supposedly failing was given an $175,000 donation by a Missouri attorney named Charles Hurth III, who [...]

28 September 2007

Private Legislatures

Good news of a sort, today — unless you happen to be one of those who make their living gathering petition signatures, or running petition campaigns for money in those twenty-plus states that allow ballot measures and initiatives.
Another “stealth” petition drive has, seemingly, bit the dust in California, according to the Los Angeles Times:
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