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Should California ‘Devolve’?

Proposition proposals publicize pet peeves.

Should California ‘Devolve’?
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GOT A PET PEEVE? (And $200?) Who knows, maybe you can get it on the California ballot and see if the electorate will salute.

Everyone else seems to be trying. Hate gays? An Orange County (of course) lawyer (of course) named Matthew McLaughlin wants to allow people to shoot them in the head. I kid you not.

I’m sure by now that you, as a public-spirited citizen, have heard of the freaky Sodomite Suppression Act. Even in the sometimes-wacky state of California, it’s not likely to make it to the ballot, or be approved by voters if it does.