I realise that most of the 'active' people here are !Californian, but I have to vent and or wonder if you all can provide feedback/point me in a good direction to go...
As you may or may not know, rather than passing an unpopular budget, the California state legislators adjorned their session. This means they wont get AROUND to passing the budget until AFTER they've gotten their self serving assets re-elected. Nor does the 'Governator' have any plans to 'force' them back to work on the topic. In case you havent figured it out from my previous choices of terms, I find this almost criminaly negligent. However I also am a firm member of the camp of "Dont bitch if you cant fix it"...
Which just might be in my power to do, given that, in California, one CAN get 'grass root' propositions onto the ballot if you get enough people to agree with you. Proposition 13, for example. And if you can get enough people to agree with you not only can you get this proposition on the ballot, you can get it passed into law.
Ergo, I've got the burning desire to get a proposition onto the california ballot... Hell, 2 of them. And niether has a chance of being enacted unless I can get the popular support of the general californian voting populace, cause no 'real' politician would ever touch them.
Proposition: Elected official Incomes
Any pay raise given to an state or local elected official requires voter approval of the electorate in question.
Proposition: Budget Reform
1) require legeslature to remain in session until budget is passed
2) require legislature to forfit all pay and benifits until budget is passed
3) no other legislative business allowed until budget is passed.
Now, how would I go about trying to move these ideas from something more than just one person trolling on a forum?
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
As you may or may not know, rather than passing an unpopular budget, the California state legislators adjorned their session. This means they wont get AROUND to passing the budget until AFTER they've gotten their self serving assets re-elected. Nor does the 'Governator' have any plans to 'force' them back to work on the topic. In case you havent figured it out from my previous choices of terms, I find this almost criminaly negligent. However I also am a firm member of the camp of "Dont bitch if you cant fix it"...
Which just might be in my power to do, given that, in California, one CAN get 'grass root' propositions onto the ballot if you get enough people to agree with you. Proposition 13, for example. And if you can get enough people to agree with you not only can you get this proposition on the ballot, you can get it passed into law.
Ergo, I've got the burning desire to get a proposition onto the california ballot... Hell, 2 of them. And niether has a chance of being enacted unless I can get the popular support of the general californian voting populace, cause no 'real' politician would ever touch them.
Proposition: Elected official Incomes
Any pay raise given to an state or local elected official requires voter approval of the electorate in question.
Proposition: Budget Reform
1) require legeslature to remain in session until budget is passed
2) require legislature to forfit all pay and benifits until budget is passed
3) no other legislative business allowed until budget is passed.
Now, how would I go about trying to move these ideas from something more than just one person trolling on a forum?
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children