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Acrylic-bob · 07-03-2005, 18:24

>>No. Council has very few powers now. It passes the budget thats all. Plus any constitutional changes and passes the minutes of meetings. Thats it. Everything else ends at the Cabinet. Its a very closed system designed to fast track desicions.<<

If this is so, then what is the point going to all the fuss and expense of electing so many councillors? And where does the idea of democracy feature in all this fast-track jerrymandering?

07-03-2005, 18:24	#139
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Council get something right!! >>No. Council has very few powers now. It passes the budget thats all. Plus any constitutional changes and passes the minutes of meetings. Thats it. Everything else ends at the Cabinet. Its a very closed system designed to fast track desicions.<< If this is so, then what is the point going to all the fuss and expense of electing so many councillors? And where does the idea of democracy feature in all this fast-track jerrymandering? __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe