[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

I appreciate your points, expecially about turning a budget surplus into a budget deficit. I do not want to get into the merits of what happens when the leader of a state, be it a part of a federal entity or the federal entity itself turns a potentially huge surplus into a deficit.

The precendent of removing elected officials from their office before the period for which they were elected is complete is an absolute abomination ina representative democracy. I understand the fact and they are clear. The problem is that this type of action could be usedunder much different circumstances and in a situation that was less amenable to Freeper sensibilities.

Nevertheless, I appreciate your passion.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

The precendent of removing elected officials from their office before the period for which they were elected is complete is an absolute abomination ina representative democracy. I understand the fact and they are clear. The problem is that this type of action could be usedunder much different circumstances and in a situation that was less amenable to Freeper sensibilities.

I appreciate your concerns about this being overused. Beyond the merits of him being recalled (and I wouldn't call it passion for myself, I would call it logical) the other critical factor is how very difficult this is to do. You need 12% of the vote, or 900,000 valid signatures, then you need the majority to vote yes, all knowing full well the concerns of having to repeat this over and over again. Its an extreme means for an extreme case. Quite democratic, in fact we here have a wonderful history (in an allegedly left wing state) of ballot initiatives that confound the political class. In an age where Leftist cut valuable civic projects in order to bad mouth the concept of a "cut" and continue to raise taxes while the other guy has no plan because they are afraid of using the word "cut", we need more democracy not less.