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Re: "Recreational" is in Prop 116
Author: Observer
Date: 06-20-2010 - 04:48

> The era of the
> Neo-Robber Baron is upon us now!
>
> If so, then we are done for this time. Back then,
> the Robber Baron was private, and could with
> enough effort by the gov't, be brought under
> control (Teddy Roosevelt style). But now, the
> Robber Baron IS the government - county/regional
> government in this case. If this sort of attitude
> by gov't officials is allowed to stand without
> firing them or dumping the politicians that
> appointed them, then the citizens will have lost
> control of their own government.
>
> Who then will now come to the rescue and make
> things right? Nobody - certainly not by the
> power of a corrupt and lawless government, anyhow!
>
>
> Something to think about. . . . .
>
> OPB

Nast in New York, Daley in Chicago, Curley in Boston, Pendergast(?) in Kansas City...
Robber Baron governments in the US are nothing new.

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