Senate Democrat B&P chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas must enjoy beating dead horses or sticking dead butterflies.
His pay-back bill to eviscerate the chiropractic profession by proposing a constitutionally dubious bill, SB 801, is meeting fierce resistance for all Republican legislators and all sectors of the chiropractic profession. SB 801 would simply abolish the chiropractic Act of 1922, voted in by voters by Initiative. Instead to having the people sign a new Initiative, Ridley-Thomas would use his power in the legislature to punish his chiropractic enemies, by side stepping the people signing requirement.
Senator and physician Sam Aanestad made it clear at the B&P hearing on Tuesday, that this bill represents what’s largely wrong in Sacramento. The democrat author files a bill, but says it might turn into something else, after "negotiations". No hearing on the merits of the bill, just power politics. Republicans need not apply. And, in this case, the chiropractors need not either.
But the good news is that the bill is Dead On Arrival. Everyone knows this. Ridley-Thomas is wasting valuable timber, ink and everyone’s time with his personal jihad against chiropractic. Ridley-Thomas ulterior motive is to attack the Governor’s two friends he appointed to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The new board members exposed corruption on the Board, that was composed of Davis appointees. And Ridley-Thomas wants the new guys thrown out.
His bill, SB 801 will be thrown out instead. No one in the Governor’s office would suggest to the Governor that he help get his life time friends thrown in purgatory, just because Ridley-Thomas is upset.
Given that there are thousands of bills impacting every part of California life, Californians have much to fear from the out of control, democrat war lords who control the Legislature.
Veto party anyone?