"Mr. and Mrs. Voter, Please Help Us Tear Down This Wall"

"The two-thirds mandate denies voters a representative democracy. An overwhelming majority of voters can elect legislators willing to take a more balanced approach to budgeting, but the electorate's will is easily thwarted by a tyrannical minority so scared of popular sentiment that it refused even to allow Californians to vote on whether they would like to see a change. Meanwhile, it is abundantly clear that the more than $50 billion in cuts made over the last three years have not created the hoped-for prosperity."

Kevin de León in the Los Angeles Times calls for an end of minority rule in California over tax policy.