In this case, the “village” is the City of Los Angeles and hizzoner thinks the people are too stupid to vote for themselves:
“In this instance it’s very clear that the initiative process is being misused,” Villaraigosa said. “These are matters that could and should be addressed by the Legislature.”
From GOP Bloggers:
[I]nstead of allowing citizens to vote on issues, Democrats prefer to spend time overriding the clear will of the people on gay marriage and legitimizing illegal aliens.
Read the whole GOP Bloggers article.