February 16, 2007

A package deal

Gale Kaufman says the term limits change should come via initiative rather than through the Legislature in order to build public support for the idea and avoid seeming self-serving. That makes sense, but it seems as if the package approach would be even better, along the lines of what lawmakers and the governor did with the infrastructure bonds. You could have 1A be redistricting reform, 1B be some kind of political reform ala Perata, and 1C be the term limits change. They couldn't be linked by law but they could be sold as a package. Seems like that would make them all more likely to pass.

Posted by dweintraub on February 16, 2007 9:32 AM