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[quote=Anonymous]Part of the bill is a power grab.

Part of the bill updates the law to reflect that the Council has 11 members.

Part of the bill — and I think a majority of the provisions — consists of ethics reforms. The reforms would end the revolving door, get the board members out of state and local political campaigns, improve transparency and accountability, and prevent the chair from personally profiting from his or her position. This is all pretty mundane stuff for a supposedly technocratic government body, but the County Council hasn’t done any of it in the century we’ve had the planning board. There is little reason to believe the county council will do it now.

Casey Anderson wasn’t the board’s first scandal, nor was he the worst. It’s clearly a broken institution (in contrast to the staff, which appears to have many talented people) that needs to be reformed. Opinions differ about whether the power grab makes sense and whether someone likes or dislikes Marc Elrich seems to go a long way in informing opinions. There should be no difference of opinion on whether the second and thirds parts of the bill are worthwhile. They’re just good government. [/quote]

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