06-24-2005, 09:40 PM
Chaerophon,Jun 24 2005, 12:41 PM Wrote:Just a thought... municipal politics is not always the most accountable game in town, particularly (if I've heard correctly) in many parts of small-town USA. The presence of politicians does not guarantee that they are always working in the little guys' favour.
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I'm curious, what do you consider accountable? The great thing about small town politics is that no matter how much money you throw at it, concerned citizens can go door to door and see everyone. Twice!! There are 25k people in New London, figure that makes 10k households, figure 100 adults lived in those 80 households being siezed, if they made 1 visit a day to people to present their case, they could have seen eveyone in town 21 times over the course of this case. If you can't sit in your neighbors living room and convince them not to take your house, well the project probably makes at least a little bit of sense.