September 16, 2008 at 8:43 pm
#639171
Diane
Participant
Fortunately part of our democratic process is ALSO the option to go directly to the people for a vote on the issue when/if the folks we voted into office fail us; if the majority did not care about this, they would not have gotten enough signatures
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(i.e., this is exactly what we had to do to get the smoke-free law passed; our city, county, state elected officials continually failed us so we had to go directly to the people; if it were not for the initiative process, we would probably still have stinky, smoky public places)
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and the city council members who passed this ridiculous law, who I voted for, will NOT be getting my vote next time; the one stand-out maverick, Jan Drago, will for sure get my vote