When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). But the founders’ passionate advocacy of the need to follow a “long-term, innovative approach” resonated with me. However, its recent proposal to effect a 2-for-1 stock split by issuing non-voting shares is an abhorrent idea that should be rejected.