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2016 Postmortem

KamaAina

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7. The sad thing is, the initiative process was put in place to give power back to the people

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 08:40 PM

Nov 2014

back in the days when the Big Four owned the legislature lock, stock and barrel.

Now the legislators are (somewhat) more independent -- but the oligarchs can manipulate public opinion on an initiative with the greatest of ease, through these gargantuan media buys. Look what happened to the GMO-labeling one last time.

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Prop. 45 in Cali? Unfucking believable... [View all] busterbrown Nov 2014 OP

Come to think of it, neither have I. I am certainly voting yes on 45. LoisB Nov 2014 #1

The League of Pissed Off Voters says yes on 45 NBachers Nov 2014 #2

Here's why the insurance industry is fighting it customerserviceguy Nov 2014 #3

Good Point.... busterbrown Nov 2014 #4

And while there's a possibility of limits when it comes to candidates customerserviceguy Nov 2014 #5

One of the reasons I voted yes on 45, the other reason- I read the initiative and think mulsh Nov 2014 #6

The sad thing is, the initiative process was put in place to give power back to the people KamaAina Nov 2014 #7