One of the simplest answers is to Impeach.
Our Representatives don't, and they swear to their Oath of Office, and yet so many of them willfully disregard their Oath to uphold Our Constitutions, both Federal and State, in their popularist legislations designed to appeal to the blind emotions of the majority against The Rights of the Individual, and when they do, then what do we do about it? Fuck, we leave the matter to the government and the moment never ever comes.
No. When a representative refuses to represent any of their constituents, when a representative violates any part of Our Constitutions which he/she is pledged by Oath to uphold, or any of the unenumerated Rights which we as The People exercise to ourselves, right there we should be knocking at the door to throw the bums OUT with Impeachment.
Part of the problem is that ballot measures pass on a minority of voters; that the people who choose not to vote are assumed to be In Agreement with the ballot measures when they pass on a low voter turnout, the same as when the Governor of California refuses to sign off on a piece of legislation, it is assumed to be approved.
No. When the voters stay home, it should be assumed that the measures do not matter, therefore on a majority of voters staying out of the vote, all measures on the ballot should be considered to be Rejected. Look at it this way. When there is a ballot measure that we Really Want to see passed, don't we all show up to vote?
Back in the 70's there was a push to include a "none of the above" option for each candidate. I think we should insist on it and when that option is chosen by the majority, that we indeed throw out the candidates and start over.
In the connected age I also agree with Active Government by both Internet and smartphones, by any usable device which connects, and I think all public institutions, police, public hospitals and clinics, welfare and social service agencies, should be required to maintain a forum page for voicing complaints accessible for reading by the general public.
At the local County of Los Angeles/U.C.L.A.-run hospital (Olive View Hospital), there was a man, a Father with children, who had a tube inserted down his throat. The doctor missed and the tube punctured the man's heart, killing him. The family sued the hospital and won $1.5 Million, but who would want that Goddamn money?
There are frequent mishaps at that hospital, but who knows about it?
Unless you follow legal pages regularly, almost no one knows a goddamn thing, just the general character of the institution.
And my old man died in the same hospital that "The Angel of Death" suspect was working, at the same time. He passed on an administration of morphine, which is what "The Angel of Death" was using on his victims, though there was "no apparent connection" to my Father's stay.
They should be forced to air public complaint web pages so that the people know exactly what is going on, or at least to separate the truth from the hoaxes and misinformation in the street.
