On the evening of May 5, a California Superior Court tentatively ruled that California’s Proposiotion 16 should remain on the June 8 primary ballot. See this story. Proposition 16 requires jurisdictions that are switching to public power to submit the decision to a popular vote, at which two-thirds of the voters must vote “yes.”
The 18-page decision in Modesto Irrigation District v Bowen, 2010-80000478, is here.
We have a Representative Government in the U.S. so we don’t have to get bogged down with voting on everything. When everybody has to vote on issues our costs go up and it really slows down the process. Therefore the Representative Government. The TV commercials for Prop 16 say that we should have the right to vote on issues of public utilities, like Glendale Water and Power, LADWP or some other city or county entity. Let them operate and make these decisions for us. That’s why we elected them!
Don’t let TV commercials divert your attention to something that you don’t believe in with misleading messages.