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Subject: Re: Noise pollution (flame) (and local govts)
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 13:16:08 EDT
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> > bad president and various other offices. At best, you can elect new city
> > officials once every two years. An official has to be pretty criminal to be
> > thrown out before his term of office is up.
> > How can it be a democracy if the problems we have now can't get solved for
> > two years.
> 
> Well, who voted for them in the first place?  The majority, perhaps?

Ah, yes!

But how is one to know the position that a politician will take on
*all* issues until the issue arises?

What if the opponent was vastly worse?

What if the overwhelming  majority of citizens present at (eg)
town/county meeting favor one possibility but the council votes the
exact opposite because *they* *"KNOW"* that the *real* majority who
didn't attend the meeting *would* *want* them to?

More specific to the noise polution problem, what fraction of the
public do you think really know how serious a problem it is?
-- 
All opinions are mine alone...

Charlie Sorsby
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