Fox & Hounds September 23, 2014
By Joe Rodota

Tim Draper’s misguided proposal to declare California a failure and break it into six pieces has failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot, despite his investment of nearly $5 million in an army of signature gatherers, media consultants and lawyers.

Had Draper’s “Six Californias” initiative not imploded last week, it would have certainly failed at the ballot box in 2016.  So Draper avoids spending untold millions of additional dollars and California’s brand avoids a 24-month thrashing in state and national media.

There are a few lessons to be learned from this episode.

Read Joe's column here.