On Jan 7, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Ted Stern wrote:
The Iowa plan has worked well for 20-odd years:
http://www.centrists.org/pages/2004/07/7_buck_trust.html
There is a similar method in place in Washington State.
Hey, *I* like it. But reading that article, it seems to require a certain level of maturity on the part of the legislature, and trust in judges on the part of the public. I fear both are in shorter supply in California than in Iowa. Not so much that it can't work, but perhaps enough that people might not want to take that risk...
[snip comments on PR and legislative size] This is a deep issue.
Heh. In California we have so many shallow stupidities, I'll settle for solving those first...
-- Ernie P.
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