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> We’re forming a patchwork quilt of bans and rules and regulations that is eroding the Texas model.” He warned that the “Texas miracle” could become a “Califor
by matt_wulfeck 9y ago
> We’re forming a patchwork quilt of bans and rules and regulations that is eroding the Texas model.” He warned that the “Texas miracle” could become a “California nightmare.”
There's a reason this resonates with voters. As a California resident I can't stand these things. The desire to legislate everything to a centralized and partisan ideal. So many rules and so many laws.
And because of the same gerrymandering that the article complains about giving Republican majority in Texas, there will be nothing new here.
- microcolonel 9y agoYou're saying, from California, that Texas has the overwhelming desire to legislate everything?
- vinceguidry 9y agoNo, he said that over-legislation was one of the things he hates about California. And then he says that Democrats in California are pulling the same gerrymandering shenanigans that they did in Texas.
- microcolonel 9y agoOh, understood. HN gets so vitriolic these days that I have a hard time imagining anyone is doing anything except bragging and distancing themselves from the problem. I guess even I have to take a step back to make sure I don't become a bigot too.
- CalChris 9y agoIn fact, California did the opposite and voters passed a nonpartisan election commission. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Citizens_Redistricting_Commission https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Citizens_Redistri...