This article was posted shortly before the election but everything in there is still true and seeing his appointees perhaps worse than predicted.
This article was posted shortly before the election but everything in there is still true and seeing his appointees perhaps worse than predicted.
I agree with the sentiment. But I think one of the perils of Democratic erosion has been “Us” having less and less say in how government functions, particularly at the local level.
The mayor is as alien and removed from me as any CEO or celebrity. City council is dominated by real estate agents and business cronies. Even the school board is inaccessible, as they pay far more attention to their friends in state government than anyone with kids in grade school.
Fearmomgering against the other is a tool leveraged to win high office. But it’s hard to see who isn’t just running a racket when the profession seems to repel activists and draw in shills like a magnet.