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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our ANC treats his constituents' opinions as something to either ignore or overcome, which I don't think is how democracies are supposed to work. [/quote]

I wish we could just abolish the ANCs. [/quote]

Their intended purpose was to act as a sherpa for citizens interacting with government.

We need to dramatically expand the Council and abolish the ANC's.  [b]Were we going to have a 13 member legislature if we got statehood?  [/b][/quote]

The goal is to have the ANCs act as a lower house and the Council would become the Upper house[/quote]

Yeah that sounds like a nightmare. I'd rather have Congress in charge. [/quote]

An attitude consistent with a disrespect for small-d democracy.[/quote]

A system that permits 100% single party control despite a required set aside for minority party council seats is actually much worse.  But here we are.  [/quote]

Single party control is the worst. Whether it's Washington D.C. or some little town in Texas, it empowers the crazies while ensuring there is no accountability for anything, because all the electeds are on the same team. [/quote]

It's single-party control in DC because the other party doesn't run any candidates the voters want to vote for.[/quote]

well hardly anyone votes for the people who actually get elected either. it is comical how few votes some of these people get. high school student body president elections are more competitive. [/quote]

205,774 ballots were cast in DC in the 2022 election, out of 504,815 registered voters.

Is there a reason you haven't run for a seat on your ANC? Or did you run and lose?[/quote]

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