California Supreme Court Forces Lottery Name Change

California Supreme Court Forces Lottery Name Change

Under the new regulations of the new Proposition that passed last year entitled Truth in Naming Law, the California Lottery has been forced to change its name to the California Voluntary Tax Program. Since the Supreme Court upheld that the Propositions and laws must be renamed truthfully and retroactively, there has been a flurry of activity in Sacramento to get the job done since almost no laws or propositions passed can now be referred to by their original names. All the State employees have been disqualified from participating in the renaming process, because of the conflict of interest clause in the new law. The State government has been trying to hire outside consultants to help in the renaming process, but unfortunately almost all of them have been disqualified from participating in the process because of the conflict of interest clause. To become a consultant, most of them hang around with lawmakers and those activities and lobbying disqualify them. It seems the only possibility is going to be to form a new Truth In Naming Commission, but it is going to have to be made up of ordinary citizens who volunteer. They will not be able to be paid, for that would make them a state employee and they would be disqualified.
There are no approved names yet except for the court ordered lottery name change but most of the informally suggested names so far all use the word “scam” in the title. Most people questioned said they didn’t remember voting on this proposition, but then they didn’t remember what they were voting on in any of the other propositions from previous elections. Finally a proposition that might work.

©2008 Eric Stamets