🚀 go-pugleaf

In the discussions about this I've not noticed anybody point out
a distinctive aspect.  Ravitz is for "democracy" and his agenda
(from the brochure) is to expand the initiative petition route
after voting-by-fone is in place.  A slight extrapolation says
he then intends that we vote for "everything."

In spite of the common (mis)classification of this as a democrary, it
is a (representative) republic from the federal level to the city level 
Always has been.  The initiative petition route that some of the old populist-
flavored states have is only a slight democratization of republicanism!

Since folks today seem to get excited to vote only "against" candidates
or issues, and since our own Cave of the Winds at the state capital
cannot get it together to deal with the hard issues, I can easily imagine
a democratic system where everybody stays home and just votes "no"
by phone!
   
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					Richard A. Jones
					Computing & Network Services
					University of Colorado at Boulder