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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
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Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:45:37 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <i1lt8jdf0212j3d0dsr41am643j4fe88s2@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

>So why are said persons running for municipal office? Surely they know
>abortion and related issues aren't dealt with by city coucil?

To get free media so that people in the local community know who they
are (and that they're staunchly whatever) when they run for higher
office.  And particularly in the case of non-partisan elections, it's
a way to indicate to supporters of a particular party that you're one
of them even though the party isn't shown on the ballot.

In most cities, the city council doesn't actually run things: the
mayor (if there is one) and professional staff make all the important
decisions and the council gets to ask them questions about it and
grandstand.  Occasionally a council will get sufficiently insistent
about a policy that the staff will actually do what they say,
particularly if there's line in the budget for it.

My city's council meets for a few hours in the evening three Tuesdays
a month.  It's not their real job.

-GAWollman

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