Amendment 41
Then you have the ever helpful politician, Democratic Sen. Peter Groff, who won’t lift a finger to support these kids. These are your future voters, Senator. These kids not only deserve these scholarships, but, have earned them by working harder than you do, I assure you.
I cannot help but wonder, if these kids had been your own, would you be so quick to shoot them down, or would you be on the front page, for a “photo-op", flexing your democratic muscle, and doing everything in your power to exclude scholarships from this amendment? Or perhaps this was a child of a relative, neighbor, or monitary supporter- would you be so quick to say “Our hands are tied??” I seriously doubt it.
It is time the politicians start doing what is RIGHT for the people. These kids EARNED these scholarships, GIVE them the money! I for one am tired of the bureaucratic smokescreen that politicians hide behind. The Democratic Party is supposed to be for the people. If that is the case, fix this now, so, in the future, deserving students don’t get slapped in the face when they get rewarded for putting forth an effort with no expectations. Great message your sending here.
So, yes, you may have a “mess to clean up” but, do your job and put forth an effort to do it.
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If there was ever an argument for making it more difficult for any group with an ax to grind to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot, Amendment 41 is it. Amendment 41 is a classic example of the "Law of unintended consequences". The writers wrote an overly broad ballot measure, the public heard only what the writers wanted them to hear, and the public was too busy (or overwhelmed by all the other stuff on the ballot) to read it closely. It seems that the courts and legislature are spending more and more time trying to fix half-baked, poorly written, amendments and referendums. It's time to stop making it so easy to change the states constitution (how about a "super" majority, instead of a simple one?).