There’s an old adage that liberals try to pass laws, and conservatives try to stop laws from being passed. In the case of Prop 43, it’s a weird twist on both.
Why would anyone want to take local control away from municipalities? Because letting people decide what change they want might not be in agreement with the changes that bigger interest groups – let’s say, international corporations – want to see happen. So, when Prop 43 is upping the requirement for votes, the ask is that you let go of power over your local finances.
It’s a way of taking local decisions out of local hands.
Here is a conservative element trying to pass a law that will make it hard for locals to pass laws.
Vote NO.
Judith Martin-Straw
