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Originally Posted by Vlajos
Can we just reduce the city council at this point? Ten maybe?
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I was thinking we should have a tribunals for four parts of the city, created geographically out of Central Chicago, the North Side, the West Side, and the South Side. Each area would have a tribunal - three elected members - who made decisions about things that only affected that "side" Chicago. For things that affected the City as a whole, including anything transit-related, each tribunal would get to cast a vote. In the event of a 2-2 tie, the Mayor would get to cast the deciding vote. Or, alternately, a city-wide-elected ombudsman who would be elected on an election cycle that was offset from the mayoral elections, would get to cast the deciding vote. A sort of mostly-useless equivalent of the US Vice President, but less linked with the mayor than the VP is with the President.