It (the current system) is a question of who's in power and who is able to use the process for political purposes.

People are still going to meet in restaurants. They may just have to pay their own way.

When voters go into the voting booth and they read what's being proposed, it's going to be like common sense to them. It's a basic conflict of interest for legislators to draw their own districts.

The losers are the people of Florida. We were trying to get a chance to take some of the power away from the politicians and put it in the hands of the people.

It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are giving to committees and candidates, people with power to help them. . . . They're doing it as an investment, hoping for a return on their investment.

The most realistic situation could be is that potential challengers don't see the possibility of winning due to the campaign war chests that the incumbents build up.