The California "Proposition" procedure is "democracy" run amok. While it sounds good in theory in application it can be abused and have bad consequences. If 8% of the electorate signs a petition against the slaying of Bambi by brutal hunters, it could get on a ballot to be submitted statewide. All it takes is money to get a "proposition" rolling. In a state wherein a Game and Fish Commission board member was removed from his position because he legally killed a mountain lion in another state, there are enough goofs to get it done. As I recall, a California mountain lion celebrated his firing by attacking and eating a jogger. Gil