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"State lawmakers proved this week that shameless self-interest is a mighty large obstacle to overcome.That will explain the stifling inability of legislators to finally deal with redistricting and term limits \u2014 two issues that politicians in Sacramento have been wrestling with for two years and seem no closer to an answer today than they did when members of both parties decided to draw maps in 2000 to protect the status quo.In a largely symbolic gesture, the state Senate \u2014 one day after throwing in the towel on drawing new voting districts and term limits \u2014 moved to ask voters to take the Legislature\u2019s authority over redistricting. If the Senate thought that it would somehow restore voters\u2019 faith in their willingness to give up power, it won\u2019t, because it will take at least two years for the measure to get on the state ballot, and there are still no guarantees that it will.It\u2019s a classic case where everyone can agree that there is a problem, but no one can agree how to solve it."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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