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Bill: Local Democracy Act of 2755
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party of Aldegar
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 2756
Description[?]:
| This bill will remove the position of city mayors and replace them with democratically-elected local councils. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:28:40, May 13, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Local Democracy Act of 2755 |
| Message | Local councils are no more democratically elected than mayors, and administration by committee is usually less effective than an administration that has a clear leadership. |
| Date | 14:17:49, May 13, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Local Democracy Act of 2755 |
| Message | Having a mayor puts power in the hands of one man. The regional councils we propose are more democratic, because each council will have smaller areas and population they are responsible for compared to the mayor. Under the system, a current city might be divided into several districts each governed by a council. That way, the ratio of people per council member will be much lower than the ratio of people per the supposedly democratically elected mayor. |
| Date | 22:15:31, May 13, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Local Democracy Act of 2755 |
| Message | To us that sounds like a whole lot more bureaucracy and many more councillors who will want to claim expenses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." - Niccolo Machiavelli |