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Tue, 06 Dec 2005

Community Planning - are citizens powerless?

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David Wilson wrote

your modest proposal will not solve the problem, there was a twilight zone skit in which the "President" of some planet was obliged to wear the seal of office around his neck all the time,it was an explosive device which would register complaints and explode when some number was reached - in this situation he naturally spent half his time trying to find someone to take over the job, and the other half trying not to offend anyone, his strategy, which I thought was a good one, was to hang around the spaceport looking for newcomers who did not know the score, but as a means of improving bureaucrats it dont`t wash

Martin Laplante wrote

I believe they're called "soviets". The problem is when public servants wield power without accountability. Like all regulators they get co-opted by the interests they are supposed to watch over.

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