Most of the donors to these intiatives (on the pro-side) get a direct return on their investment by being on the receiving end of taxpayer dollars when the initiatives pass. By the time people understand that they were shafted by misleading ballot language, it is years later, if ever. The so-called "venture capitalists" who seem to be lining up and funding every bond initiative have found a new pot-of-gold, all funded by uninformed taxpayers.