tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31730692.post1115744592178850770..comments2008-02-22T11:00:00.960-05:00ohdavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13301100314546526009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31730692.post-69217318956983029932008-02-22T11:00:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:00:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:00:00.000-05:00Amen brother.<BR/><BR/>As long as your position is that both Democratic and Republican politicians are beholden to lobbyists in a way that has caused our representative form of government to become a grotesque of democracy, I'm with you.<BR/><BR/>In some states, this distrust of and impatience with the legislators has led to 'government by referendum' with laws being enacted by direct vote of the people instead of the legislature. <BR/><BR/>Thank goodness things don't work this way at a national level or its hard to tell what kind of crazy laws we would have.<BR/><BR/>The latest example of that here in Ohio is the Getting It Right For Ohio's Future amendment being pushed by the OEA and the education lobby (is that redundant?).<BR/><BR/>And while I am supportive of the Governor's idea of making the State Board of Education part of the Executive Branch instead of a free-floating entity, I still wonder what motivates him to take on this battle. Clearly Superintendent Zelman opposes it, but I haven't heard what the OEA feels. Susan Zelman has little influence on the Governor's future, but the OEA certainly does.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960574627644930183noreply@blogger.com