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Bill: Decentralization Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazia Democrats
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2364
Description[?]:
| The question here is... should the central government should do all of this ? The answer... some responsibilities should be left to local governments |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:25:23, February 20, 2007 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | No, no, no, no, no. Local governments are bureaucratic nightmares that can't stop arguing with themselves about how and where a public toilet should work or be placed. Leaving important issues such as fire prevention and library funding to local government risks public safety and education whilst providing no improvements in service quality. |
| Date | 17:16:56, February 20, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazia Democrats | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | National governments also tend to be bureaucratic nightmares. Our opinion is that things should be dealt with at the level the closest to the citizien. If the problem needs national coordination, we propose that. Fire prevention is best done at local level by the local fire fighters. Would you send a fire-truck from the capital to each corner of Hobrazia ? |
| Date | 23:16:15, February 20, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | National governments tend to be less bureaucratic nightmares than local governments as they tend to have less of the local baggage to contend with. Local firefighters already work in their locales, but the current system also allows for easy transfer of fire engines and equipment from one area to another as need arises, something made far more difficult to do outside of a national body. |
| Date | 03:22:47, February 21, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | We will support this motion. We cannot understand this notion of local governments being more "bureaucratic." If the government is closer to the individual, there will be more pressure put on the gov't to be efficient. |
| Date | 00:30:15, February 22, 2007 CET | From | Classical Republican Party | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | The Catholic Nationalist Party agrees with this motion. |
| Date | 00:47:27, February 22, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazia Democrats | To | Debating the Decentralization Act |
| Message | We thank the AfF, LP and CNC for their support |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 266 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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