I'd Kill for morels - and IIRC there are a few rich spots in MI, a place souding a bit like Punxatawny (of Groundhop Day fame) .. Pit- Pescataway? something. You can rarely buy the suckers Anywhere. Better'n beef!
Ah well, no sweat on the controversial stuff as shall always keep the pot boiling; by now we should all be smart enough to figure out It's a Crap Shoot, having nothing whatsoever to do with our pontifications n'Shoulds. Right?
As to California: even though {at times} I realize it's all a crap shoot - Yes you nailed it: this precedent for One millionaire acquiring the necessary (too--) few signatures to cancel an unliked [by him and cronies] election - may bite Lots on the Ass, before this scenaro is over.
It's anti-Constitutional in effect, even though putatively about "the will of the Peepul"; reminiscent of that Other recent Strategy of Ours: If you Can [do something] == nobody's big enough to Stop You: Do It.
Hey we're living out all the Greek Solons' preoccupations - and only Science 'Fiction' dares tell it As It Lies/Lays ;-) Love. It.
Ashton
Don't Worry. Be happy.
(Meher Baba realized that damn near no one would really Believe him on this..)