Comments on: Is it too easy to petition a law to the voters?

By: Time for a Prison for Tyrants

Time for a Prison for Tyrants — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:37:35 +0000

Thank you Cindy.

Now all of the dimmer lights in the room please make sure to reward the Tyrants with another term.

By: taxpayer

taxpayer — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:47:34 +0000

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution
~ Abraham Lincoln.

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
- John F. Kennedy -

By: veronica collier

veronica collier — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:55:06 +0000

i agree with cindy 100% i don,t you to think i agree with cardin

By: veronica collier

veronica collier — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:52:32 +0000

i agree with cindy 100%

By: veronica collier

veronica collier — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:44:14 +0000

I AGREE 100% ANOTHER THING WHY CAN’T WE, AS A CITIZEN HAVE A VOTE ON GETTING SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR “YEARS”, THEY SHOULD HAVE 2 OR 3 TERMS IN OFFICE AND NO MORE. ANY ONE AGREE WITH ME

By: Cindy Walsh

Cindy Walsh — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:46:11 +0000

Don’t you think it odd that the Democrat Cardin would be the one wanting to make petitioning by citizens harder? Maryland has a captured political process that keeps incumbents in place and as we work to correct this fact we do not want to see the people’s ability to challenge legislation made harder.

As a fiscal progressive I plan to petition to referendum for issues that aren’t Republican so this is not a policy that challenges only a Republican minority and I see it as yet another attempt by incumbents to control policy. If you look at the votes on these referendum items this election almost all were close so there is no mandate to say these issues were not relevant to voters. I go further to say that some of these issues would not have passed had there been real journalism from media rather than special interest ads.

I would caution Jon Cardin in trying to make harder for the citizens of Maryland to challenge policy. That is what a healthy legislative process does and attempts to stifle this would be undemocratic.