lobbyists

Every now and then I read something new about government that just disappoints me, and reinforces my belief that government isn't what we're taught it is, isn't what we keep hearing it is, and isn't even close to what it could be.

The most current source of disappointment came from yesterday's editorial on tcpalm.com about the recent drive to revoke signatures that had been acquired to support the Hometown Democracy Amendment's inclusion on November's ballot.  Regardless of one's feelings about the proposed state amendment, the editorial pointed out, the revocation process and how it was created is just another example of the way things work in government.