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July 12, 2006
Legislators Wimp Out Again
"If a squirrel ever ran up a legislator's leg looking for food, it would starve to death."
That's the way someone described the lack of courage of the Massachusetts Legislature, which again today denied democracy a chance to avail itself at the Constitutional Convention.
According to reports from The Sun's Statehouse bureau, legislators voted to postpone a vote on the citizens' petition to ban gay-marriage until AFTER the Nov. 9 election. You have to wonder what the Founding Fathers would think of this sorry lot. It's a sad day for Massachusetts when a vote on a citizens' initiative that has garnered 180,000 signatures can be treated so callously by elected leaders. The Democratic incumbency regards itself as bullet-proof when it comes to squashing the citizens' movements in this state. The income-tax rollback and Clean Elections are but two recent citizen-inspired movements that were derailed because the Legislature knew best. Today they showed their true colors. Whether for or against gay marriage, they refused to debate the merits of a petition that should go before voters for an up-or-down vote. Will it ever make statewide ballot? It's doubtful.. These guys are shameless in their shenanigans. It's another reason why Massachusetts is rapdily becoming a second-rate state, because we are run by men and women of little conviction.
Posted by JimC at July 12, 2006 5:41 PM
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Holy cow! I agree with you for a third time now, Jimmy!! This might be a sign of the apocalypse.
While I'll wait for full reports on what happened, it better be a very good reason why this decision was delayed till AFTER the elections. If it is what it seems to be, then the Legislature must think the public is a bunch of fools. Perhaps they are correct, however, based on why only one party seems to control almost everything in this state. One party control equals lots of baloney. We can see that here in Massachusetts and at the national level.
Posted by: Dr. No at July 13, 2006 12:28 AM
