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Direct democracy has once again upended California — enough so that the state may finally consider another way by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years.

Californians rejected measures intended to keep the state solvent.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned home from a White House visit on Wednesday to find the state dangerously broke, his constituents defiant after a special election on Tuesday and calls for a constitutional convention — six months ago little more than a wonkish whisper — a cacophony.

As the notion of California as ungovernable grows stronger than ever, Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has expressed support for a convention to address such things as the state’s arcane budget requirements and its process for proliferate ballot initiatives, both of which necessitated Tuesday’s statewide vote on budget matters approved months ago by state lawmakers.

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    tadair9195 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Here is a better, and more brutally honest look at what just transpired:

    "California's Day of Reckoning: May 19"
    http://lewrockwell.com/north/north714.html

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      tadair9195 months, 2 weeks ago

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      For those of you who didn't pick up on the the opening paragraph, this NYTime's writer starts out with a very offensive attack. He begins:

      "Direct democracy has once again upended California — enough so that the state may finally consider another way by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years."

      Translation, "The will of the people has once again screwed the State by not allowing their taxes to be raised - enough so that the politicians may consider amending the Constitution so that the people can no longer prevent the parting of their own money."

      Currently California is one of the few states that demand that the people directly be asked first. From wikipedia; "Direct democracy stands in contrast to representative democracy, where sovereignty is exercised by a subset of the people, usually on the basis of election"

      READ: This author is suggesting that the will of the people will be brought to the bidding of the state, one way or another, to stop this "upending."

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