Comments on: Districting and Direct Mayoral Elections are Bad for Boulder http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/01/22/districting-and-direct-election-of-the-mayor-are-bad-for-boulder/ News, Analysis and Opinion for the Informed Boulder Resident Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:38:52 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: R.J. Intindola http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/01/22/districting-and-direct-election-of-the-mayor-are-bad-for-boulder/comment-page-1/#comment-165 R.J. Intindola Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:14:25 +0000 http://www.boulderblueline.org/?p=33#comment-165 There is a distinct fallacy by going to district elections. Can anyone refute the fact that if you are only representative by a single member who lives within your district, that you lose considerable power of being able to influence other elected officials. The best form is one similar to Kansas City Missouri where there are equal number of district and large members. Therefore, including your district member, you actually have a majority of the local government elected officials that you can influence on any particular issue. Remember, if you just have one district representatives, you have no power as a citizen. http://www.cmrji.com/Booksandpublications.html There is a distinct fallacy by going to district elections. Can anyone refute the fact that if you are only representative by a single member who lives within your district, that you lose considerable power of being able to influence other elected officials. The best form is one similar to Kansas City Missouri where there are equal number of district and large members. Therefore, including your district member, you actually have a majority of the local government elected officials that you can influence on any particular issue. Remember, if you just have one district representatives, you have no power as a citizen.

http://www.cmrji.com/Booksandpublications.html

]]> By: R.J. Intindola http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/01/22/districting-and-direct-election-of-the-mayor-are-bad-for-boulder/comment-page-1/#comment-163 R.J. Intindola Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:27:33 +0000 http://www.boulderblueline.org/?p=33#comment-163 Steve, I must say, you get it right. Would you believe that 80% or more of public corruption at the local government level occurs in Strong Mayor municipalities and counties. I will write more later, but for the interim, go here. http://cmrji.com/NoBossMayohtml.html Steve, I must say, you get it right. Would you believe that 80% or more of public corruption at the local government level occurs in Strong Mayor municipalities and counties.

I will write more later, but for the interim, go here.

http://cmrji.com/NoBossMayohtml.html

]]> By: Mark Gelband http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/01/22/districting-and-direct-election-of-the-mayor-are-bad-for-boulder/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Mark Gelband Wed, 19 May 2010 20:07:16 +0000 http://www.boulderblueline.org/?p=33#comment-26 "Currently, the mayor in Boulder is chosen by a majority of the council and so by design starts off at least with the support of the majority." This is the exactly the kind of illogic that we've come to expect from you, Steve. So a majority of the council votes for mayor; therefore, a majority of the people of Boulder support the mayor? This is a patently false assertion. “Currently, the mayor in Boulder is chosen by a majority of the council and so by design starts off at least with the support of the majority.”

This is the exactly the kind of illogic that we’ve come to expect from you, Steve. So a majority of the council votes for mayor; therefore, a majority of the people of Boulder support the mayor? This is a patently false assertion.

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