Quality of Bills
Larry Gerston spends 12 inches complaining about Gov. Gray Davis’ record on vetoes (Commentary, July 11), but all he does is quote numbers. Nowhere does Gerston have anything to say about the quality of the legislation that Davis vetoed. If these are bad bills, then don’t we want Davis vetoing them? In an ideal government, bills would be so good that almost everyone was supporting them and overriding vetoes would be easy. I think it’s very telling that, in nearly 25 years, not once could even two-thirds of the Legislature agree to override. We do not have an ideal government and, given the questionable motives of many in Sacramento, I’m surprised that only 25% of the bills are deemed bad enough to veto.
Michael Helwig
Canoga Park
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