There are too many things that need fixing in the state than can be accomplished through constitutional amendments.

The democrats learned two years ago with their "Reform Now" campaign that amendments have to be targeted and limited in what they can change. The proposal also has to be explainable in 100 words or less, including the citations.

I would add to Frank's list the following:

forcing consolidation of school districts and the county/township/charter township/village/city layers of municipal governance.

Michigan has over 1,800 units of local government. If you include groups like TIFs, DDAs and the DEGC that directly handle tax dollars, you get an unhealthy amount of administrative waste. There's a crap load of money that can be squeezed from the system by peeling back these layers.

None of that is possible, though, through an amendment.