Maybe those broken promises wouldnt happen if more people voted to keep republicans out of public office. There are elected republicans in California who block progress for the state, or make it difficult to get things passed. The local level voting is very important, but so are National elections. 39 million bozos could have shown up in November, but didnt. All because they bought into the same bullshit republicans always push; Theyre all the same! Who do you think is going to get more laws passed, and civil rights preserved? Its not the republicans. Imagine if the gop didnt have 1/3 of the stranglehold it has on the country, currently. Do you have any idea how much progress we could make? On both local AND national levels?