California’s interminable series of special elections today, this week’s Economist has a feature on California, “the ungovernable state.” You’ve long heard me rant about the utter failure that is democracy in this state—here is an explanation with historical context. The article paints a grim picture indeed, and says that the only solution may be to scrap California’s existing bloated constitution and write a new one. If so, the next few years could be very exciting for Californians.
19
May
2009