There are many good quotes about the referendum process but I like this one:
"In an era when politicians have rigged the system to guarantee 95 percent reelection rates and are increasingly disdainful of the will of the people, the need for initiative and referendum has never been greater. I&R strikes fear in the hearts of bureaucrats and politicians alike, because it implies self-government, hence reducing their importance."
~ Ed Crane, President of the Cato Institute
We have witnessed the extremes that our elected officials, staff and some members of city boards as well as some neighborhood association presidents will go to on the height referendum. They have attempted to skew democracy at every opportunity using lies and fear.
"I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people…"
ReplyDeleteThomas Jefferson
be still my patriotic heart!
ReplyDelete"...of, by and for the people..."
of - it's OUR idea's
by - we asked for it/it's legal
for the people - not 'some' people
Lights, roads, sewer, garbage pick up etc. first please! Perhaps anything else we do should be divided by 37K so everyone see's the real price tag if it wasn't opm (other peoples money)
If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.
ReplyDeleteGeorgios A. Papandreou
ReplyDelete*An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
Thomas Jefferson
Consensus is a 'new way' to push through an agenda item or theory. It was created by the UN to get around our Republic - That is why we VOTE in America - hang your hat on the nail you hammer in!