Victory in Defeat
I am quite relieved that all 8 statewide ballot propositions failed yesterday. At best they were misguided, at worst they were malicious power trips by the proponents. Either way, I feel a bit guilty at being happy, since so much time and money was wasted over this.
I just wish that the idea that some other people on irc and I had – that if you call a special election and every single initiative on the ballot gets defeated you have to leave office in disgrace – was more than a hopeful fantasy.