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Posted on 02/07/2008 8:46:15 AM PST by SmithL
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year, and being it's the Year of the Rat, it seems appropriate to reflect on Proposition 93.
Of course it would be more appropriate were it the Year of the Skunk.
Those of you who recall Tuesday's election will remember Prop. 93 was the ploy by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and other termed-out legislators to hold on to their jobs a while longer by changing the rules.
The pitch was that the actual total number of years a California legislator may serve would have been shortened from the current 14 years to 12. Instead of having to split the time between the two houses (eight in the Senate, six in the Assembly), the proposed rules would have let lawmakers serve all 12 years in one house.
That would have allowed Núñez, Perata and 40 other incumbents now in their last terms to stick around for as much as six more years.
And that was the whole point of a scheme that had stink all over it from its conception in late 2006.
After settling internal squabbling about specifics, the proposition's plotters had to ensure they could get it before voters in time. They couldn't wait until the June 2008 primary, because it would be too late for them to file for re-election.
But an early presidential primary would be ideal. To get Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to go along, they pledged to tie term limits changes to redistricting reform.
But once the Feb. 5 special primary was set, Democratic legislative leaders came down with amnesia when it came to redistricting.
It took the amnesia bug a bit longer to bite the governor. First, Schwarzenegger said he wouldn't support term limits changes without redistricting.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
McCain needs to wake up and smell the "VILE"!!!
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Not mentioned in the editorial is what happened when the measure failed to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Late night calls were made to several county registrars, and suddenly enough valid signatures were “found” to qualify 93.
Everything about 93 stank, from the way it was misrepresented to the voters, to how it got qualified, to the big money shakedown that financed the ‘yes’ campaign. 93 deserved the death that it got.
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Perfect!
Thank You
btt
See, that’s Fabian’s saving grace. Unlike Willie Brown (damn that guy!), Fabian’s not that bright.
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