Skipjacks
Ultimate Member
Maryland would just ignore a referendum anyway
Like they did with speed cameras
Speed camera laws were passed with almost no support from the people. The people put it up for referendum. They got well more signatures than required to put it up for referendum.
Then a judge threw out the referendum petition saying it was invalid....fo no reason.
The organizers appealed and won, making the petition legal again.
But by that time the 90 day window (or whatever the time limit was) had expired so the next judge said "Too bad, suckers. You are too late to file for referendum"
Now over a decade later speed cameras, that are a CLEAR violation of the 6th Amendment, and are overwhelmingly unpopular, are here to stay.
Maryland politicians make the best government money can buy. Pretty sure they have their own eBay page come general session time.
Like they did with speed cameras
Speed camera laws were passed with almost no support from the people. The people put it up for referendum. They got well more signatures than required to put it up for referendum.
Then a judge threw out the referendum petition saying it was invalid....fo no reason.
The organizers appealed and won, making the petition legal again.
But by that time the 90 day window (or whatever the time limit was) had expired so the next judge said "Too bad, suckers. You are too late to file for referendum"
Now over a decade later speed cameras, that are a CLEAR violation of the 6th Amendment, and are overwhelmingly unpopular, are here to stay.
Maryland politicians make the best government money can buy. Pretty sure they have their own eBay page come general session time.