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join:2005-10-04
Silver Spring, MD | reply to cbrain
Re: Verizon Reaches Agreement with Montgomery County Last night’s hearing was not my idea of democracy in action. My naivety. Watching the backs of the heads of those compassionately and others proficiently addressing a council who decided not to be present was very unsatisfactory. I can’t help but picture the council members watching the video tape of the testimonies in their offices while “overlapping” as we call it in my office – in other words, while they are answering emails and taking phone calls. A much more efficient use of their time than to actually be in the same room with [shudder] citizens concerned enough about the issue to come to the council’s own premises on a dark and stormy night. I hope that is not the new standard for democracy. Maybe I should have stayed home with my satellite TV. |
