Letter: People have the right to vote on initiative

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 | 8:15 a.m.

Until recently, I was under the impression that the need for checks and balances was the basic idea and a necessity in a constitution. These checks and balances ensure that control of the power of "government" remains in the hands of the people.

Now I see that thousands of voters have legally petitioned that they be able to vote on an item in November. And our Supreme Court in Carson City has said that, in its powerful opinion, that the people have no right to vote on this item. Am I missing something here, or are the "justices" simply people who just don't get it?

When they tell us that we can't vote on the Tax and Spending Control initiative in November, they are in effect telling the public that, regardless of their petition, the checks and balances are just pipe dreams in their eyes. Maybe we should open our eyes, and look for their names on the ballot in November and tell them that they "just don't get it" in our eyes!

Whether they and the rest of our legislators like TASC or not is immaterial to the issue here. We have properly petitioned to put it on the ballot, and we should have the right to vote on it!

Frank Musaraca, Henderson

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