Voting: an idea for the ages

This is an idea whose time has come. Let the public decide whether to spend money on steel rail mass transit or not. The Stop Rail Now organization wants to put the issue of ‘to rail or not to rail’ on the ballot to let Oahu’s voters decide the issue.

Think about the advantages such a platform would give to voters. True, Hawaii’s voters cast their ballots for men and women to run their cities and the state. Why not cut out the middle man and just vote for each issue?

Let’s say you got a traffic ticket. Instead of going to court, let’s have a vote to see if you’re guilty or not.

So we have financial problems in our public schools. Let’s vote to see how much money the schools would be allowed to spend.

Carry this great idea to another level. Sure, we vote the governor or mayor in for a four year term, but let’s have a vote once a year, sort of a ‘confidence’ builder. If the elected official loses two ‘confidence’ votes in a row, he or she is kicked out of office.

This is an idea with endless possibilities.