When the republican system is broken, and Assemblyman Richman played a role in it's breakup, the mob will take it's revenge.
Assemblyman Richmond would better serve the interest of his district and the state had he concentrated on reforming the system, than to conjoin his fellow legislatures into a remarkably predictable compromise which preserved the integrity of the present, corrupted processes of electing representatives.
From my perspective the state would be better served to have forced a default in June and thereby have redirected the mob's interest to the core problem. Reform of the redistricting process. In it's place we have process that inches toward economic recovery but leaves the festering wound of Balkanization and the tyranny of an unrepresentative minority to continue to wreak it's damage.