If you aren't you should know that they are being used as a principle tool of land use control and regulation of development.Which goes back to two things I said earlier- do voters make unfortunate decisions with alarming regularity? Yes. (Which is probably why Bubba skated). And can and should our government systems be improved? Yes.
Stating that I don't believe a proposal is better than what we've got is not the same as saying what we've got is the cat's meow.