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Yeah ultimately you're being stripped of your state given rights by a locality run by cronies where it takes millions jus to win a seat on the local board of su

Yeah ultimately you're being stripped of your state given rights by a locality run by cronies where it takes millions jus to win a seat on the local board of supervisors. Even though we do have ballot initiatives, a non-democratic, corrupt local process can ultimately strip you basically of all your rights. This also impacts criminalizing poverty by local governments where basically being low income and being there is a crime.

repsilat 8y ago
> stripped of your state given rights That seems like a strong way to put it... How about "stripped of opportunities not taken away by the state"? California didn't give anyone a "right" to buy/use weed, they just said they wouldn't stop you. Notably, it's still illegal at the federal level...
mark212 8y ago
The City of San Diego is the second largest city in California and the eight largest in the United States. For the latest election cycle the City Council fundraising was in the low $100,000 — hardly “millions.” I think the total across all races in the entire county (school boards, ballot measures, multiple city councils, water districts, everything) was about $33 million for all candidates. SD County is so big that if it were a state it would be about 20th. See for example — https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-numbers-san-diego-city-council-/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-num...
- shanghaiaway 8y ago
  So at less than an programmer salary, what you're saying is that there's ample opportunity for enterprising software artists to take over and automate the whole thing.
  - mark212 8y ago
    Have to take a pay cut though because council members only get paid $75,000 currently though it’s set to rise significantly by 2020. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-sandiego-measures-20181119-story.html https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-san...

repsilat 8y ago

> stripped of your state given rights That seems like a strong way to put it... How about "stripped of opportunities not taken away by the state"? California didn't give anyone a "right" to buy/use weed, they just said they wouldn't stop you. Notably, it's still illegal at the federal level...

mark212 8y ago

The City of San Diego is the second largest city in California and the eight largest in the United States. For the latest election cycle the City Council fundraising was in the low $100,000 — hardly “millions.” I think the total across all races in the entire county (school boards, ballot measures, multiple city councils, water districts, everything) was about $33 million for all candidates. SD County is so big that if it were a state it would be about 20th. See for example — https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-numbers-san-diego-city-council-/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/10/latest-fundraising-num...

shanghaiaway 8y ago
So at less than an programmer salary, what you're saying is that there's ample opportunity for enterprising software artists to take over and automate the whole thing.
- mark212 8y ago
  Have to take a pay cut though because council members only get paid $75,000 currently though it’s set to rise significantly by 2020. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-sandiego-measures-20181119-story.html https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-san...