The Fucked Up California Senate
We are suffering from an enormous multi-billion dollar deficit here in California, We're facing huge cuts in educational, social and welfare programs and also another possible enormous tax increase (my boyfriend and I already pay $1,100 a month in property taxes) based on either income or property.
Liberated by the California Senate!!!
So I was very heartened today to learn that the brave and courageous California Senate, led by uber-liberal John Burton (shouldn't he be term-limited at some point?) decided to confront the pressing issue of foie gras and had decided to ban the offensive substance. So along with passing a bill mandating that all new buildings in California be built according to the principles of Feng Shui and granting transsexuals "equal rights" the Assembly has now decided to ban foie gras, because its not enough that the supporters of the ban don't like it and don't want to eat it but they don't want YOU to eat it either!
I'm not fan of Republicans but there is something to their complaints that this legislature spends far too much time on strange, esoteric subjects and not enough on real issues. Tranni rights, foie gras and Feng Shui are all interesting dinner party topics but are areas that should be left out of the legislative arena. I'm hoping someone puts a measure on the ballot to make the California Legislature part-time and mandate that redistricting is handled by a non-partisan group of citizens. Hopefully at that point, facing the loss of their gerrymandered seats and cushy year-long salaries, California's legislature will get down to the business of running the state and stop trying to run all our lives.
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