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[dr_tectonic]

I voted! I am now officially excusing myself from being informed for the rest of the week (or as long as I can manage, anyway).

I found that the toughest question for me was actually about whether the mayor of Broomfield should break tie votes for the 10-member city council. As it's set up currently, ordinances can only pass by a 6-4 vote. So the question is basically, which do you value more: the local government being able to make decisions with relative ease and speed, or the local government needing to develop strong agreement before it can make changes? I ended up going with the status quo, but it was hard.

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Addendum

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, let me invte our friend in Canada to give us his perceptions of the Canadian system. Perhaps my characterization is off-base.

And, here's a signature for this and the previous post:

--Chris

Re: Addendum

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

By splitting votes up into geographical partitions, the most dangerous and volatile kinds of majorities (racial, religious, ideological) lose their ability to single-handedly control the political picture.

Um. No offense, but from my perspective, yesterday's vote utterly contradicts your statement.

I value our friendship. Do me a favor and don't try to talk to me about anything political for a few days, okay?