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]]> By: MooreThoughts » More on Purcell http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-363 MooreThoughts » More on Purcell Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:15:41 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-363 [...] All other things being equal (they seldom ever are), I support the reduction in council size. But for some reason, I get this sneaking suspicion that the amendment to the charter will be poorly and confusingly worded, and will be on the ballot at the same time as the property tax referendum amendment in an attempt to cross-up voters (one the right answer being “yes”, and the other the right answer being “no”). I suppose only time will tell. [...] [...] All other things being equal (they seldom ever are), I support the reduction in council size. But for some reason, I get this sneaking suspicion that the amendment to the charter will be poorly and confusingly worded, and will be on the ballot at the same time as the property tax referendum amendment in an attempt to cross-up voters (one the right answer being “yes”, and the other the right answer being “no”). I suppose only time will tell. [...]

]]> By: Nathan Moore http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-361 Nathan Moore Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:24:03 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-361 The council's size wouldn't be as much of a problem if the rules weren't stacked so heavily in favor of the office of the mayor. As it stands, there are too many councilmen to effectively offer alternatives as a part-time body. If each councilman operated on a full-time basis, and had a more diverse constituency (i.e. represented more than 16,000 or so people) the dynamic would be different. At present, due to the charter and the size of the elected body, political transaction costs are so high that no effective coalitions can form to oppose much of what the mayor supports or proposes. As you noted, our governing document is rather flawed. Several amendments need to be proposed to fix it. Regards, NSM The council’s size wouldn’t be as much of a problem if the rules weren’t stacked so heavily in favor of the office of the mayor. As it stands, there are too many councilmen to effectively offer alternatives as a part-time body. If each councilman operated on a full-time basis, and had a more diverse constituency (i.e. represented more than 16,000 or so people) the dynamic would be different. At present, due to the charter and the size of the elected body, political transaction costs are so high that no effective coalitions can form to oppose much of what the mayor supports or proposes.

As you noted, our governing document is rather flawed. Several amendments need to be proposed to fix it.

Regards,
NSM

]]> By: joe public http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-360 joe public Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:15:41 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2005/10/21/well-then-2/#comment-360 You make some excellent points here. I'm not familiar with your charter, but it do sound flawed. (Bad grammar purposeful, if Sarah's reading.) I do have a question about one thing you mention a couple of times: the number of elected positions on the Metro Council. It seems that, with the population in a constant explosion, we're seeing representatives with far too many constituents. The U.S. House might be the worst example, with 435 individuals answering to literally hundreds of millions. Perhaps your problem with 40 in Nashvidson stems from the power distribution issues you mentioned, but that wasn't clear to me. Why are you wishing that you had fewer members on the Council? You make some excellent points here. I’m not familiar with your charter, but it do sound flawed. (Bad grammar purposeful, if Sarah’s reading.) I do have a question about one thing you mention a couple of times: the number of elected positions on the Metro Council.

It seems that, with the population in a constant explosion, we’re seeing representatives with far too many constituents. The U.S. House might be the worst example, with 435 individuals answering to literally hundreds of millions. Perhaps your problem with 40 in Nashvidson stems from the power distribution issues you mentioned, but that wasn’t clear to me. Why are you wishing that you had fewer members on the Council?

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