You are absollutely right - I wish we could clean the slate and get some leaders that have an interest in taking care of the state rahter than their own special interests. ( securing fraudlulent votes so they can maintain power is " their own special interest".
We need more leaders in California like Dana Rohrabacher, who represents many beach areas in southern CA. He has signed on as cosponsor of Tom Tancredo's legislation to restrict immigration. Most of the other Reps don't have the guts to do that.