The buck stops with the legislature. Their performance also stinks. The measure of their competence is what we have experienced the last 15 years
Time for some stable cleaning...
As for weakening only one branch, you always have the State Supreme Court nullifying the will of the people. I'm sure you're Ok with that, too.
So, what’s your solution? Mine is to work to elect competent, independent, conservative legislators.
The only way to change things is to change the laws and hold the administration accountable.
I see the likelihood of that happening even less if you start slashing the pay of legislators to below $100,000 (w/ no pension) while offering $300,000 salaries (with massive pensions) to those in the administration.