The framers of our constitution didn't envision politics as a career or
family business.  They viewed a term in public office as everyones's
responsibility, in a volunteer fashion, for a short period of time.  But
since there is so much money in the public treasury, it has attracted
"political entrepreneurs" who see profit/wealth as a motive.  Obviously,
this is not good.  We need to change it.  We are the stockholders of this
country.  If you see something you don't like, question
it...investigate...if your elected officials won't help or are part of the
problem, then unelect them.

We just unelected our city councilman because he ignored our neighborhood
and tried to shove all of the city's infrastucture into our backyard
without our consent.  It wasn't that difficult to defeat him at the polls.
 Once you get the ball rolling, it picks up momentum, and it's a great way
to meet your neighbors!!

John Lee






At 01:23 AM 2/1/04 -0500, Mark Wonsil wrote:
>You could not be more correct.  Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts
>absolutely.  In light of this fact, we still try to fight corruption with
>more power.  The disconnect is fascinating.
>
>
>Dispersing power would seem to "deselect" these personalities and yet we
>resist.  Why is that?  What makes us think that this time we centralize
>power that things will be different?
>

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