Dear lord. Californians rejected the parental notification amendment Proposition 73 last year. So why in the world would anyone bring forward a similar initiative?

Albin Rhomberg, a spokesman for the Parents Right to Know and Child Protection initiative, said the special election wasn't representative of the California electorate because unions and Democrats mobilized supporters to turn out against the four measures promoted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The parental notification measure was not part the governor's failed "year of reform" agenda.

"The turnout was very high in the liberal areas of the state and surprisingly low in some of the more conservative areas," Rhomberg said.

Boo hoo. Whatever, I say let them give it another shot. But what a waste of time and energy. President of the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Kathy Kneer says, "We'd rather be spending our time and resources preventing teens from getting pregnant in the first place. Isn't that more important?"

Of course not. That would be way too logical.