Posted on 02/01/2004 6:29:49 AM PST by John Jorsett
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:05:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
With the Legislature all but ignoring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's March 1 deadline for workers' compensation reform, battle lines are being drawn around the increasing likelihood that the issue will be decided by voters in November.
Sponsors for three workers' compensation initiatives proposed for the fall ballot agreed recently to consolidate their efforts behind one plan, which is waiting for clearance to begin the signature-gathering process. The proponents also raised nearly $1.7 million in the past two weeks to support their effort, according to filings with the secretary of state.
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This is getting to be shear nonsense.
Why do we have a governor and legislature if the people are forced to be involved the process every time we turn around?
My advice to the citizenry is to send the governance a message by simply ignoring their edicts. If just 5% of California businesses would refuse to renew their workers comp insurance, the system would financially implode.
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