[Vision2020] Question, V-Peeps . . .

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 10/30/2012 11:12 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:
> It's a non-issue.

One of the essential characteristics of municipal government is that it 
is relatively local, i.e., close to those who are governed and, ipso 
facto, those who are governed are close to those who govern them. If one 
of those governing changes one of his characteristics from local to 
non-local, that change creates an incongruity with local government 
characteristics which may be resolved by resignation from office by the 
incongruous person.

> It's tantamount to claiming Obama is ineligible to be president 
> because many believe he was born in Kenya.

That is maldirective nonsense. Many people believe incorrect information 
to their individual and our collective detriment. The fact of their 
belief does not justify it, nor does it serve as a basis for argument 
that because it is true that anything else is true.

> If this Tim Brown character is not eligible to be sitting on the 
> council, then someone who cares about this should follow the processes 
> in place to remove / replace him.

Tim Brown initiated the processes necessary to place himself into 
membership of the Moscow City Council at a time when his characteristics 
were consonant with such membership. Apparently he has changed those 
characteristics, so he should initiate the processes necessary to remove 
himself from membership of the Moscow City Council.

> That'd just be far too logical and it won't happen so this flap is 
> much ado about nothing.

Asking other people to expend the energy to collectively act to do what 
the incumbent could, and should, do individually with less energy, and 
more grace, is neither "logical" nor efficient, and represents a level 
of counterproductivity that is counterintuitive to better local government.

"Much ado about nothing" serves better as a Shakespearean play title 
than as a description of this discussion.


Ken
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