Open letter to Tim Draper

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25195077/tim-drapers-plan-divide-california-into-6-states

Tim,
Interesting idea; wrong way to go about it. Breaking up California WON'T fix it's problems. And, your assertion that California is "ungovernable" couldn't be more wrong. With it's level of diversity, it is puny in comparison to the diversity of the US. Yet, the US is "governable", isn't it?

California's problems are two-fold:

1. At the state level, it's COMPLETELY controlled by Democrats, who F*** up EVERYTHING they touch. They have managed to run California into the ground; which is no small feat.

2. At the national level, California's problem is electoral. The "winner-take-all" electoral system disenfranchises nearly HALF of California's voters.

So, rather than break California into six "states", FAR better (and more result-based) solutions are:

- Elect CONSERVATIVES to state offices, including Governor (look at EVERY state in the US....where there's a Republican Governor and legislature, there is prosperity). 

- Electoral reform. Break up California's electoral votes and portion them to reflect that popular vote count.

Want to REALLY, ACTUALLY fix California?

Then spend your money wisely.

Hirota: out.