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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

California: Don't let redistricting reform die

LAWMAKERS NEED TO STOP PROTECTING THEIR PERKS AND START ENABLING FAIR BOUNDARIES
Mercury News Editorial
...Legislators, led by Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Los Angeles, and a coalition of good-government groups, including the Commonwealth Club and Common Cause, worked for a year drafting a compromise responding to legislators' objections. The ``sweeping package'' that the leaders referred to included an ill-conceived, controversial scheme to link redistricting reform with an initiative to lengthen term limits for legislators.... [more]

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