Voting for or against an intitiative has nothing to do with supporting the horses ass that wrote it. Some intitives makes sense and others don't. Who wrote them really isn't what I care about.

Dogfish, I agree with the funding/economic impact idea and would add that we need to have the constitutionality issues out of the way BEFORE we vote on this stuff. What's the point of approving an initiative just to have state's judges overturn it on legal appeals filed by/on behalf the state? Similar to the funding issue, why vote on it if we can't afford it?

IMO, this is the real problem with intitiatves, not who wrote them. The state needs to exclude any initiative from the ballot that does not pass the litmus test of consitutionality and funding FIRST. Quit wasting my time already!!! Maybe then, when one IS passed, the chant of "APPEAL, APPEAL" won't be the only soundbite heard on the local propaganda machine's stories the next day.

Maybe the soundbite will be, "...the people have spoken, as your leaders we respect that voice, as we are here to represent you the people". At least that's the way I was taught it was supposed to be.

Or should we throw in the towel, lower the bar some more and just go socialist? NEVER! Don't tread on me - socialist!