Victory is a thousand miles away here behind enemy lines, but it’s in the results of the ballot measures you can often detect a faint pulse of common sense among the electorate here. They rejected prop 6, which would have banned prison labor which the proponents likened to slavery. They rejected prop 32, which would have raised the minimum wage, and prop 33, which would have essentially facilitated the wide imposition of rent control
Here we take out victories where we can find them
Please don’t get me wrong. I see little signs of hope as well but as you said, “Victory is a thousand miles away...”