Is the Governor from the future stuck in the past?
The California League of Young Voters was heavily involved in the lead-up to the CA Special Election that went down on Tuesday, and in the end, the people have spoken.
Back to the drawing board; most of the state think it’s headed in the wrong direction, but the esoteric Californian constitution prevents decisive change when the state is hemorrhaging money and at a loss for how to get back on track.
“The state’s legislative districts are highly gerrymandered, leaving the Legislature influenced by the political fringe of both parties and unable to agree on practical budget matters or much else. State senators represent roughly a million people each, larger than most Congressional districts, leaving them out of touch with local needs. Further, the state is one of only three requiring a two-thirds majority vote in the Legislature on taxes and budgets, which leads to partisan fighting and long delays.”
Partisan fighting, long delays? It ain’t Terminator: Salvation, but it’s close. We’re at the point where the rubber hits the road, whether we like it or not. My question is, who will drive this process? Schwarzenegger’s time in office has occasionally put him at odds with the status quo, but it’s a tall order to ask the Governator to balance the budget while rewriting the fundamentals of the Californian legal process.
Looks like the people, once again, are gonna have to save the day.
