...is scheduled as the guest speaker
for the 283rd meeting of the Karl Hess Club, to convene on November
20, 2017.
"Tom Palzer on "Stop 'Top Two' Ballot
Initiatives."
For the last several elections,
Californians were deprived of a truly representative government,
guaranteed to each state under Article IV, Section 4 of
the United States Constitution.
The so-called "open primary" provides
that all candidates participate in a primary wherein the top two vote
getters, regardless of party, go on to the general
election. Voters were promised this would result in more moderate
candidates and elected officials. This has not been so. We may regard
"top two" a failure.
Surprisingly, Republican leaders seem satisfied with "top two,"
though it's created a Democratic legislative
supermajority and lock on both U.S. Senate seats. Perhaps Republican legislators are satisfied with their few safe
districts?
But via the initiative process, voters can
restore the previous system, where all qualified parties -- including
Libertarians -- appear on the general election ballot.
Tom will explain the detais.
Will you attend this important meeting and help out?
For 32 years, he has advised elected and
appointed officials at all levels of government. He is a former Deputy
Director of Operations with the state of Illinois (Chicago Area
Transportation Study).
He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, has a master's
degree in long range planning, and is a former U.S. Senate candidate.
He is married with four adult children,
five grandchildren, and one adult stepson. He is from Kankakee,
Illinois, an hour south of Chicago.