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• [1] rafael from Merida, Mexico June 29, 2009 - 10:23AM

  After having been elected, all politicians should renounce their affiliation with any and all political party's. It should be a law. The peoples business should come first, that is what they are elected for. When one climbs aboard a rowboat, you are there to row, not to think if you are or when you are going to ...

  
  
• [2] anonyme June 29, 2009 - 10:23AM

  I think the people should do as R Reagan did to air controllers on strike (not that I agreed with Reagan then) - we should fire our entire legislature because they are not working for us which is what their mandates are, to serve their constituents.

  
  
• [3] uos from queens June 29, 2009 - 10:36AM

  1 vote for California for crazy referendum system. 1 vote for New York because of Patterson. It's a wash, both states are crazy welfare states.

  
  
• [4] Tony from San Jose, CA June 29, 2009 - 10:37AM

  New York isn't going bankrupt. Plus, NY has WNYC, which is so much better than our local public radios.

  
  
• [5] BRIAN June 29, 2009 - 10:41AM

  SOME YEARS BACK, THEN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WILLIE BROWN MANAGED TO WRANGLE RETENTION OF HIS SPEAKERSHIP EVEN WHEN REPUBLICANS WON A MAJORITY, BY CUTTING A DEAL WITH INDIVIDUAL REPUBLICAN MEMBERS, TOTALLY CONFOUNDING THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP EXPECTING TO TAKE CONTROL.

  
  
• [6] Jessica Chiavara from Queens June 29, 2009 - 10:42AM

  Having just moved back to New York after 12 years in San Francisco. Though both states have more than their fair share of disfunction, California wastes an obscene amount of money on the proposition system. Initially a fantastic idea for a direct democratic voice of the people, the proposition system reflects the rest of our political system in that it serves special interests and the disproportionate concentration of wealth in the state.

  What I like about New York is not the legislature, but the average knowledge level of citizens regarding local politics/issues.

  I think New York needs some term limits. I think CA needs to be split into 3 states. Higher power help us all.

  
  
• [7] Kevin from Staten Island June 29, 2009 - 10:42AM

  This more of a Latino Smack Down!!

  Nice work Brian...

  
  
• [8] Keli from Wayne, N.J. June 29, 2009 - 10:46AM

  The CA gov gave the official bull testicles? Maybe he really wanted to give him what the NY Times once referred to as "a barnyard expletive."

  
  
• [9] eric from jersey city June 29, 2009 - 10:48AM

  the answer is Hudson County NJ. Hands down. Pls change subjects. Worst BL show topic ever. BTW Gooliani is a crook with a law book in his pocket.

  
  
• [10] kai from NJ-NYC June 29, 2009 - 10:52AM

  So what programs does Giuliani want to cut in NY state, and California for that matter, which is what he is implying?

  
  
• [11] kai from NJ-NYC June 29, 2009 - 10:55AM

  Where, specifically, are these business people leaving to pick up and go?

  Are they going to NJ that has higher tax rates that NY? Probably FL or DE, where corp. tax rates are lower, right?

  
  
• [12] BklynTeacher from BedStuy June 29, 2009 - 11:20AM

  WHere was Randi Weingarten the last 30 years when NY never has an ontime budget? SHe brings out her shrill teachers voice now???????????

  
  
• [13] Petie Proudhon from Santa Barbara, CA June 29, 2009 - 12:57PM

  Between the proposition system gamed by big interests and the two-thirds majority required for budgets (a product of the first), California wins hands-down. New York's recent kerfuffles have involved trivialities (I don't care with which consenting adult my governor sexes-up, or if he paid) or shenanigans that wouldn't have given Boss Tweed a moment's pause.

  
  
• [14] Audrey from san francisco August 05, 2009 - 01:27PM

  I'm from SF & my husband is from Brooklyn. We've both lived in both cities and this is a common debate in our home. Both states are crazy, but I must say, Prop 13 pretty much did California in in the '70s. It's been over since then.