The California Center for Creative Policy Options



One of the weaknesses of Arnold's reforms is that there hasn't been a solid intellectual foundation for -- and thorough vetting of -- some of his more radical yet important ideas. A few of the reformers in the Assembly have been discussing the possibility of a bipartisan think-tank to address this need. When I first heard of this, I was both attracted and repelled:
• attracted because it recognizes and tries to address such a vital problem
• repelled because I feel the traditional think tank is a poor tool for solving that problem

In response, I wrote up my own thoughts on what an ideal political policy organization could and should be. Nominalist that I am, I christened this hypothetical envisioning the California Center for Creative Policy Options, for which I grabbed the euphonious domain calcenter.org (which doesn't actually go anywhere). I even took advantage of Keynote's new export capabilities to create a Flash version.

I've provided some copies to friends in Sacramento, and they seemed interested. We'll see if anything happens.

P.S. For Star Wars fans, the acronym CCCPO - i.e., C3PO -- was deliberate homage to its intended role as translator between many different 'protocols' and communities.

Posted: Fri - May 20, 2005 at 04:41 PM        

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