Didn’t I say this two weeks ago? Yes, I did, except I didn’t trash the concept of clean elections or fall prey to the dopey notion that the system cannot be fixed or that the only way of judging the program is to see different people elected.
My argument with the program as it exists is that it does not apply to the primaries and treats third parties differently than the major parties. If we make these fixes then reform candidates would have a shot and new faces might emerge.
In any case, getting dirty money out of the system seems like a positive outcome, regardless of what the Ledge says.
I don’t know if a clean elections program will break the ties between politicians, their county organizations and the money men, but it offers the best chance we have.
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Hank Kalet 