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i have joked in the past about our disconnect with our fellow californians at the polls. usually the things we vote for fail. this year, however, we were 10 for 11. so what happened? either we've changed. or california has changed. i don't think we've changed. we're just as fiscally conservative and individual rights liberal as we've ever been. there were no bond measures on the ballot this year. thank gods. that eliminates a major source of discord. bonds are loans that have to be paid back by future tax hikes. sheehs. i think most californians are paying a bit more attention this year than previous years. in the past it seems like people only read the headlines and skipped the fine print. like the clean water act that made the water less clean, for example. it might be that it's a lot easier to pay attention to the details now. the internet does a pretty good job of digesting complex issues and presenting them in a way that's comprehensible. and it's really kinda not too hard to identify the sources you should be able to trust.