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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work with the Council. The idea that the at-large members represent the county as a whole is nonsense. They know where their bread is buttered.

I would be ok with keeping 2 at-large seats but that's not on the ballot. So, I'm voting no on C (would be very expensive and entirely pointless). Leaning towards yes on D, but not entirely decided. [/quote]

Same. Would love to know who you are. Lol. I think there are many more of us than people realize...but of course we must tow the party line. [/quote]

It's not just the party line - I'm quite liberal and actually agree with a lot of what the Council does. But I know that politics tends to work best when there is some diversity of thought. For many years now, the Council has been an echo chamber. Just 9 people repeating what each other. There's very little substantive discussion, few challenges that force anyone to really think about and defend their positions, etc. I mean, I cannot stress how much time and taxpayer money is currently spent so that these individuals can make statements "just to reiterate . . ." what the last one said. Listen to a council session sometime. Adding two more people to that echo chamber would be nothing but painful. And I see that, in practice, no one really knows or cares about a large swath of the County which is less populous, and that the unique needs of those areas often go unmet.

Look, I love MoCo. We have it all here - high density urban areas, suburbs, rural, and agricultural areas. It's a beautiful place to live. But, having such a large and diverse county makes local governing more challenging than in a lot of other jurisdictions. And the current council setup isn't effective in meeting those challenges. Don't get me wrong - there are lots of other significant reasons we're not meeting those challenges, including specific people, but the structure of the Council is definitely a factor.

And I think I just talked myself I to voting for D - hah![/quote]

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