The only really good thing was the principle to have an independent commissioner,

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments.

The plain legal meaning of (the) ruling is that Kirby Wilbur and I can no longer talk about Initiative 912,

The previous talks helped all parties accomplish a 'word-to-word' goal, and the new round will focus on how to carry out a commitment on the principle of 'action-to-action', which must be a complicated process.

The only thing that we would allow is a non-substantive, minor language change that would not affect principle and would not affect the meaning of the platform.