California ponders changes in constitution (Liberals want to perform surgery on the CA constitution)

http://www.breitbart.com ^ | By BETH FOUHY | Apr 23 07:22

[Trod Upon]

The particular surgery in mind is abortion.

[Vaduz]

Retool the document to make government function more smoothly,that sounds like an obama plan.

[2harddrive]

Yes - PLASTIC surgury!

[phillyfanatic]

Arnold’s props on the May ballot will be very close on defeat or passage. 1f is about the only one I will vote for. The others look like traps for short term gains, though Arnold and the Dems deny it but I cannot see how these people do not understand that more spending to gain tax advantages, so they say, can help us out with increased deficits and more taxes over all, will occur because Ca. is such a Dem dominated state.

[goldstategop]

I'm opposed to 1F. It would take away financial independence from conservative lawmakers to resist spending and taxation proposals. If their paycheck is going to be cut off by an arbitrary deadline, they have no incentive to resist bad budgets. Its a terrible idea.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[calcowgirl]

I'm opposed to 1F. It would take away financial independence from conservative lawmakers to resist spending and taxation proposals. If their paycheck is going to be cut off by an arbitrary deadline, they have no incentive to resist bad budgets. Its a terrible idea.

BUMP. Well said.

It actually acts as a postive incentive to pass a bad budget.

[lormand]

The democRATs in Louisiana did this often in the 70’s. Look where it got them.

[CottonBall]

The only reasonable tax we have now is our property tax. If they were allowed to screw with that, it would likely triple. (Like Texas’)

[c21sac]

Oh yea, lets let Arnold and the Democratic controlled legislators change the State Constitution. Then we can be like Cuba, why not, we are starting to look a lot like Cuba.

Forgive me, I'm a self loathing former Republican that voted for this fool Arnold, it's all my fault. Someone spank me please!

[nomad]

But if they did hold one,would that open up the prospect for breaking the state into smaller states?Let the conservative areas secede and the liberal areas socialize themselves into economic oblivion.

[dragnet2]

Partition California. Except for the city of San Diego and south to the Mexican border, the People’s State of California will comprise the area from the seacoast to a line 20 miles inland from the seacoast.

How stupid is that?...Give up the best damn realestate, and just hand it over to them?

Tell ya what, why not give them most of Riverside and San Berdo, and we take the coastal region?

[phillyfanatic]

You know, I wanted to vote NO on all of these, but as a Chamber member I was trying for consensus. I think I will go with you and just vote NO and let the Dems and Arnold struggle with it some more!

[gorilla_warrior]

I would rather live in the desert and be free than live in the best real estate and be a slave.