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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Another Reason California is Messed Up

When someone litigates a transit vote that won by 62%. That is insane. A clear majority, 69%, in both counties voted for the SMART train. When the minority rules like it does here, things are really broken.

Former Novato councilman Dennis Fishwick - acting on his own behalf without an attorney - filed the lawsuit in Marin Superior Court against the district and SMART board, saying they stripped the right of Marin voters to reject the quarter-cent sales tax with a less than two-thirds approval. State law requires a tax increase to receive two-thirds approval from voters.

Measure Q received 73.5 percent approval in Sonoma County, but only 62.8 percent in Marin. That caused confusion among some Marin voters, who thought the measure had been defeated.
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4 comments:

  1. Morgan WickJune 2, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    It's hardly new, or unique to Cali, for certain provisions to be "This has to pass with a TWO-THIRDS majority in ALL counties"...

    ...though I think there are less obnoxious ways to protect against tyranny of the majority.

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  2. JosephJune 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    And Marin County shoots itself in the foot for another 30 years.

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  3. AnonymousJune 3, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    Who cares about marin county? It's just a retirement home for old people (perhaps in young bodies).

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  4. AnonymousJune 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    They won with 62%, not by 62%.

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