Barack Obama: “We have excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.”

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

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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.