Jeff Jacoby
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Writings by Topic: Initiative and Referendum

Title Publication Date
RIP, CLT The Boston Globe November 16, 2022
What the Yes on Question 1 and No on Question 4 campaigns have in common The Boston Globe November 6, 2022
Millionaires tax is unwise and unworthy The Boston Globe July 27, 2022
Why Beacon Hill resents ballot activists The Boston Globe October 17, 2021
A jewel in the crown of California's democracy The Boston Globe May 2, 2021
Were California voters confused? Arguable November 9, 2020
On California's ballot, an invitation to legalize discrimination The Boston Globe October 8, 2020
Ranked choice is the wrong choice The Boston Globe September 20, 2020
The enemies of Prop 209 The Boston Globe May 20, 2020
Why the 'excellent' Electoral College is well worth keeping The Boston Globe March 13, 2019
Three reasons to vote No on Question 3 The Boston Globe November 4, 2018
The cynical 'millionaires tax' didn't fool the SJC The Boston Globe June 20, 2018
The misleading case for a millionaires' surtax The Boston Globe April 11, 2018
If the SJC sticks to precedent, the 'millionaire tax' is going nowhere The Boston Globe December 13, 2017
An 80% tax surcharge on millionaires? Don't fall for it, voters The Boston Globe June 21, 2017
Don't raise the charter-school cap. Eliminate it The Boston Globe November 2, 2016
The happiest of happy warriors The Boston Globe April 11, 2016
The return of the grad-tax hustle The Boston Globe July 29, 2015
An unlawful scheme to raise legislators' pay The Boston Globe December 3, 2014
For casinos — and for repealing the casino law The Boston Globe September 29, 2014
How political insiders control the ballot The Boston Globe May 21, 2014
Gay marriage at the ballot box The Boston Globe November 14, 2012
What would Hippocrates do? The Boston Globe October 17, 2012
A ban on circumcision? The Boston Globe May 25, 2011
Signing on the line is a public act The Boston Globe May 2, 2010
'Don't call people bigots just because you disagree with them' The Boston Globe November 11, 2009
Something stinks, but it isn't the voters The Boston Globe October 18, 2009
A mockery of the rules The Boston Globe July 9, 2006
The marriage consensus The Boston Globe November 7, 2004
Will they gut Question 2? The Boston Globe November 7, 2002
English 101 The Boston Globe October 3, 2002
Ballot initiatives keep democracy on track The Boston Globe June 5, 2000
Voting devalued: from ballot box to mailbox in Oregon The Boston Globe October 26, 1998
Question 2: An insult to honest politics The Boston Globe October 1, 1998
Labor's deceit on Proposition 226 The Boston Globe July 9, 1998
Antitax group giving up? The Boston Globe June 11, 1998
The wrong way to protect paychecks The Boston Globe May 5, 1998
Now we know: Rent control critics were right The Boston Globe February 12, 1998
The fall of term limits — and the SJC The Boston Globe July 17, 1997
California's colorblind proposition The Boston Globe August 27, 1996
Targeting the pay raisers The Boston Globe August 1, 1995
Face it: Rent control is dead The Boston Globe November 29, 1994
Judging policy passed at the polls The Boston Globe November 17, 1994
Pro-grad-tax crowd play a cynical, greedy game The Boston Globe September 29, 1994
At stake in Question 9: fairness for property owners The Boston Globe September 8, 1994

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