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If there is anything this election cycle has taught me its that the sausage making in politics isn't always pretty and most people can't stomach it but it is necessary. For example, there used to be pork added to bills to grease the wheels and get bipartisan support on otherwise good bills. However, since that ability was removed, partisanship has increased greatly and progress has slowed (is there a correlation? I think so).
So, prop 54, on the surface sounds like a good idea. It forces legislators to post changes to bills before they can be voted on. Sounds great but when the sausage making gets going full steam, sometimes deals need to be made and sometimes these deals aren't politically expedient which could cause legislators to not compromise (fyi, compromise is not a dirty word to me). It also could give lobbyists time to mount public/private opposition to such changes, which again can hurt the process.
For those in California what are your thoughts on this particular proposition? Great idea or full of unintended consequences?
So, prop 54, on the surface sounds like a good idea. It forces legislators to post changes to bills before they can be voted on. Sounds great but when the sausage making gets going full steam, sometimes deals need to be made and sometimes these deals aren't politically expedient which could cause legislators to not compromise (fyi, compromise is not a dirty word to me). It also could give lobbyists time to mount public/private opposition to such changes, which again can hurt the process.
For those in California what are your thoughts on this particular proposition? Great idea or full of unintended consequences?