Let’s review “Democracy” in Massachusetts. 72% of the population voted for the legislative audit. It was ignored for 1.5 years and then killed by the legislators, the target of the audit. 66% of voters polled approved of reducing the state income tax from 5% to 4%. It was killed by a team effort of AG Campbell and the Supreme Court which happens to have one of Gov. Healey’s ex-girlfriends on it, who she appointed. Your legislators get free office space rent in government buildings even though it’s against campaign finance and ethics laws and rules. They also get $22-$29k in office and travel stipends. Non-incumbents must pay for their office space. MA voters approved a constitutional change that forced legislative pay rises to be tied to inflation. Years later they gave themselves a $20k “leadership pay” for each committee they chair. Some chaired multiple committees and got $40k a year raises. Peasants don’t get to decide what royalty does with the treasury. Massachusetts is the only state where your governor and legislators are exempt from public information requests. Ironically, we’ve held three no Kings protests against Trump and Gov. Healey has a 58% approval rating.