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Originally Posted by JK47
Yes and with fewer representatives we can have less oversight and less responsive representatives who are more reliant on large donors in order to fund re-election campaigns that are more expensive because they represent more people. Since there are fewer of them each one will have more power and less competition.
You're arguing that size of the council will impact the likelihood of corruption which is ludicrous. The only impact size will have on corruption is the scale and scope of corruption. If you want to address corruption then you need to strengthen enforcement, oversight, and secrecy.
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I'm arguing that our current system is ridiculously corrupt as proven by decade after decade of Aldermen being indicted and convicted and we get nothing as citizens for all this representation and we can see that the 2 largest cities in the country operate much better with much less representation. Save money and stop the corruption. The city council should be focused on city wide issues not taking bribes for zoning changes.
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