Question to Saskatoon folks....(re. Stadium)

[thegreattait]

The idea of an easy sell in politics at first sounds like its a bad thing, until you think of the alternative.

Lengthy and costly refferendums which have split votes and divide the populus.

So instead you would have money allocated to a variety of items giving a variety of things done poorly and nothing done well. Assuming anything can even get done at all. As much as refferendums are equal they create areas where the masses can neglect the few.

I think smalls wins much like the first past the post electoral system creates a stronger government that can be more effective, governments move slow enough as it is and anything to add to this would most likely result in a system which wastes even more money.

Ya I don't always agree with what the government in power is doing, but at least they get to a point where they can create action. In canada most of a political parties are all pretty mainstream middle of the road despite how much they like to play off one another and show their differences.

Now if that government does a bad enough job, then there will be a tipping point where they will win at a first past the post system and then this will give them enough power to make corrections and implement changes. Without it I think we would get stuck somewhere in the middle hashing it out not really going anywhere.


So if the government can take these small wins and do a few projects well like a childrens hospital or a first class football and multi use facilty then all the power too them. Then we move on to the next most pressing issues, and on and on it goes. This way positive changes continue to happen, maybe not in the order or priority we like but it gets things done, and makes for a stronger community.