By Nick Welsh, September 21, 2006
Santa Barbara Independent
Book review of Joe Mathews' The People’s Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy
"...The recall and the initiative, as everyone who attended California elementary schools knows, are supposed to be the people’s tools to counter the power of special interests in Sacramento. The problem, as Mathews demonstrates, is that initiatives cost millions to qualify for the ballot and many millions more to win. Only the special interests have the kind of cash available to wage such campaigns....."
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