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TIPPING BREAKING POINT

Well, we kicked "their" ass at the ballot box. We found the enemy and it was us.

Now, we have to watch as the duly elected pick up the pieces created by the angry electorate. The tantrum.

You know that broken vase that you want to put back together? And you can't find one of the important pieces?

That is where we are.

The inability to raise sufficient revenue has put us here and the devil is in the details of the state constitution.

The initiative process combined with several awkward mandates handcuffs the legislatures ability to balance a budget.

Now, finally, at a breaking point, we may have the the tipping point.

Yesterday there were calls for, finally, convening a constitutional convention.

I am so against initiatives. I will be glad if they disappear.

Read all about it.

California, a Broke State, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders.

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