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it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.