Profile of subset of initiatives published Sunday, October 12, 2008 in the East Valley Tribune as “Voters will have lots to say ‘no’ to at polls”
2008 Ballot Proposition Guide (2 page (or 1 page back to back) pdf format to download or distribute)
As first lady, Nancy Reagan used to counsel teenagers with a simple message, “just say, ‘no’” to drugs.
Voters would be wise to keep that same advice in mind before endorsing any of the hallucinogens being peddled before voters, primarily by deep-pocketed self-serving interest groups. Due to a 1998 initiative, fixing an initiative’s shortcomings through the state legislature has become very difficult, so even ones that appear enticing need careful scrutiny. Read the rest of this entry »