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Bill: Local Government Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
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: March 2172
Description[?]:
| In order to reduce the cost of Government bureaucracy the position of Mayor will be removed from local Government statutes. Local Councils will, once again, be imbued with the powers of the electorate and will continue to operate local Government services as before. |
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 | 21:08:50, January 14, 2006 CET | From |  United Blobs | To | Debating the Local Government Act |
| Message | Before the L-PU complains these councils already exist and are democratically elected. This just removes the expense and bureaucracy of the mayoral position and gives its powers back to the local governments in general |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 216 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 184 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Head to the "Language assistance" thread to receive and offer help with translations: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6368 |
| Random quote: "Oh, judge, your damn laws: the good people don't need them and the bad people don't follow them so what good are they?" - Ammon Hennacy |