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California is doing great in this regard[0]. In my opinion we're lucky to have Jerry Brown at the helm. If you have nice, boring elections, then you can get nic
by koube 8y ago
California is doing great in this regard[0]. In my opinion we're lucky to have Jerry Brown at the helm. If you have nice, boring elections, then you can get nice, boring people in leadership positions.
[0]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerry-browns-legacy-a-6-1-billion-budget-surplus-in-california-1515624022 https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerry-browns-legacy-a-6-1-billi...
- tormeh 8y ago>If you have nice, boring elections, then you can get nice, boring people in leadership positions The key argument for approval voting - right here.
- merpnderp 8y agoI'm not so sure we have the same definition of doing great. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-californi...
- tabtab 8y agoMost of that is because of demand for real-estate here, and because the weather brings homeless from states with crappy weather. It's not bad governing. It's not Brown's fault TX is humid.
- verbify 8y agoCached version for those under GDPR (the LA Times has seen it fit to block all GDPR countries from their website): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nQgta5-m2YEJ:www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nQgta5-...