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Bill: Mayor Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2575
Description[?]:
| Like it says.. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Mayors are elected by their municipal councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:36:41, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Christian Communalist Party | To | Debating the Mayor Act |
| Message | Why can mayors not be elected directly? |
| Date | 04:29:42, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Mayor Act |
| Message | There is no reason not to allow local governments to decide this. If they wish to have elections, or for the mayors to be appointed, well that should be their call. |
| Date | 11:37:17, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Mayor Act |
| Message | We could live with a compromise, but the main objective is to reach a common standard.. nowadays every little town does whatever they like, and when they don't agree it ends in a big brawl, then it's up to the judges have to decide,.. and we believe it's simply waaay easier if all communities conform to the same election procedure, with the same rules and regulations. |
| Date | 13:16:05, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Mayor Act |
| Message | It stands to reason that the people who are subject to the power of the mayor should decide how the mayor is chosen. It doesn't affect national government, so national government should stay out of it. And if in the end the courts have to adjudicate, well that's what they're there for - to balance competing interests. |
| Date | 18:58:19, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Mayor Act |
| Message | For the sake of simplicity and uniformity in government; so all cases will be tried the same in the entire country. It makes no sense whatsoever to let town A decide who's gonne be their mayor in a direct election, while town B 10 miles up the road has their mayor appointed by the regional government, while a third town C has the mayoral candidates duel for control of the town... so to speak. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 342 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 158 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together, and if we are to live together we have to talk." - Eleanor Roosevelt |