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Bill: Local Governments Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarcho-Primitivist Concern
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 2945
Description[?]:
| Local areas should be able to determine the best system of appointing local governnment officers depending on their regions. In some towns, the mayor is a powerful figure with a lot of responsibility, in others, the main role of a mayor is as a figurehead and all the real work of governing is done by local council. We believe it is best for central government to remove itself from local decision making, provided that local government is democratic and legally run. |
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: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:48:11, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the Local Governments Act |
| Message | Citizens should be able to elect their mayor in direct elections. Indirectly electing mayors creates a system where the mayor is accountable to the council that chose them, not the people whose lives their policy affects. |
| Date | 19:21:22, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Anarcho-Primitivist Concern | To | Debating the Local Governments Act |
| Message | I think you miss the point, which is that citizens should be able to choose how they elect local government. A directly elected mayor makes sense in most towns. But in some villages it may be considered a waste of money to elect both a mayor and a council. There are also situations where people may want a different system. For instance, two towns close to each other may desire to have a single mayor to oversee both of their interests, or a joint administration of some kind. |
| Date | 19:45:48, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Union Socialism Alliance | To | Debating the Local Governments Act |
| Message | This is not indirect elections, this is devolution and letting themself decide. |
| Date | 20:05:12, May 28, 2010 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the Local Governments Act |
| Message | Given the explanation, our vote has switched to a yes vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 599 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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