text: Steven Aufrecht - Is California (or, particularly, the people of California) representative of people in Alaska or the Midwest?
  
  I daresay we don't share a lot of values in common. So, why should Californians be allowed to choose our government over the wishes of people in Alaska and the Midwest? Do you also want them to choose more intimate details of your life ... the clothes you wear, the car you drive (or if you're permitted to drive at all)? Do you want them to determine what temperature you set your thermostat at and what breed of dog you're allowed to own? Or, how about whether you live in a house on a decent sized lot or in an apartment block where you can hear your neighbors talking?
  
  I ask these questions because all those things are regulated in California and when you hand over the decision making of the government's head to Californians you are tacitly giving consent for a leader representative of Californians to regulate those intimate details of your life and mine.