Whatever happened to the elected leader accountability? We recently went through some rather nasty flooding, and one neighborhood in particular seems to have been negatively impacted by the construction of a mega apartment complex. You see, this apartment complex was built just as a dam would be built, in the flood area, and yup, it acted like a dam that created the flooding in an adjoining neighborhood.
So people are naturally upset with their leaders now, and they were then too, when the leaders approved the construction in this area a year ago.
So the response by the elected officials? It was as problem created by the danged city staff they say. To widen the blame, the P & Z managed to get some of it too. All of this blaming resulted in the elected officials (mayor, etal) appearing to escape the wrath of those who elected them.
Here we are, a city with a few elected officials, and tons of hired and named people who are calling the shots. Beginning to look more like an autocracy rather than a democracy.
So people are naturally upset with their leaders now, and they were then too, when the leaders approved the construction in this area a year ago.
So the response by the elected officials? It was as problem created by the danged city staff they say. To widen the blame, the P & Z managed to get some of it too. All of this blaming resulted in the elected officials (mayor, etal) appearing to escape the wrath of those who elected them.
Here we are, a city with a few elected officials, and tons of hired and named people who are calling the shots. Beginning to look more like an autocracy rather than a democracy.
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