Ballot Measures
* Your March 9 editorial states that the “the flawed initiative process results in bad lawmaking” but fails to show how the alternative--laws made by legislators--is any better.
One advantage to initiatives is that the special-interest money used to pass or defeat them doesn’t have the same corrupting influence that it has when used to elect politicians. At least if a ballot proposition wins, we don’t have to worry about it owing any favors to the people who campaigned for it.
CHRIS NORLIN
Los Angeles
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Portrait of California on March 7: Gay people make us uncomfortable. Gambling is good, as long as it’s on the reservation. If jail is good enough for adults, it’s good enough for kids, too. We want the death penalty to extend to all felonies. We have more seniors and childless couples than families with school-age children. We hate lawyers even more than insurance companies (that one really hurts!). We hate tobacco companies the most.
RICHARD KEAVNEY
Torrance
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