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Bill: Local Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front
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: September 2451
Description[?]:
The people should have the right to determine how their local governments are run |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Proposed: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:01:14, September 05, 2007 CET | From |  War is Peace Party | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | they already can, its called "democracy." I am not letting some mayor in nowheresvill set himself up as a mini king. |
| Date | 19:13:14, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | That level of government which is closest to the people is best able to give them what they wish from their government. If what they wish ends up being to their detriment, then they are punished for their mistake, as they should be. The state should not protect the people from the consequences of their folly, for the sting of failure can activate the drive to succeed. |
| Date | 19:31:52, September 05, 2007 CET | From | War is Peace Party | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | But if the decision is made by the government and not the people then the government will no longer represent the people and not only will no longer have moral authority over them, but will not in fact know what the people wish of them. Weren't you just telling us how much you wanted meritocracy? I admit that elections aren't the perfect means of obtaining this but if you can think of any better way please share this incite with the rest of us. |
| Date | 20:49:29, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | There will still be elections and there certainly will be governments. The only difference is the exact system whether it is an independtly elected mayor with a city council, a city council with a city manager, or a worker's soviet, et al will be up to the munipalities themselves to decide. |
| Date | 21:42:16, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | This legislation does not cover the entirety of local government, only the appointment of mayors. Thus those doing the choosing would likely be the *elected* city council. As a matter of efficiency, it makes sense that those were elected to make local policy shall choose the executive who is to execute that policy. |
| Date | 00:33:52, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | Much less damage is done to a community when a mayor is servant to the city populace as a whole rather than a handful of local politicians. |
| Date | 00:37:39, September 06, 2007 CET | From | War is Peace Party | To | Debating the Local Reform Act |
| Message | I am glad to finally find something we agree on JLC. We may disagree over the role of government but we both think it is the people who should determine that government. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 53 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 305 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a 'safe' code of conduct, one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone, for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative. So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you." - Harry Browne |