| You had influence - you elected the Mayor Interested In Pretending You Have Influence On Verizon/NYC Deal? The people of NYC did have influence over the franchise agreement - they ELECTED the officials that did the negotiations, especially the Mayor. Isn't that the purpose of elected officials instead of having a direct vote on each proposal before the city. Representative government is how this works. Direct democracy only works for VERY small political units(several hundred or less). It won't work in NYC.
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| Did they also elect the city council members who weren't allowed access to the closed-door negotiations, and couldn't get data on the agreement without filing a FOIA request? |
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"we" ELECTED the current president too, and look where that got us.
IMHO, voting for someone that ends up being ELECTED doesn't mean they will represent your interests (too many examples to count that prove this true).
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said by Karl Bode:Did they also elect the city council members who weren't allowed access to the closed-door negotiations, and couldn't get data on the agreement without filing a FOIA request? I looked thru BBR links and a Google search and all I could find was 1 reporter who complained he would need a FOIA to get info. I couldn't find any city council members who were complaining about not having needed info. Some complained they didn't like all the parts of the deal. If they are so upset, where is the uprising against the Mayor?
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I couldn't find any city council members who were complaining about not having needed info.
That's because you didn't try very hard in an effort to make an inaccurate point. NY Post, October 2007: quote:
Mayor Bloomberg's aides have conducted all the Verizon talks in virtual secrecy. They refuse to share their strategy with the City Council, which authorized the franchise talks in a resolution last year. "People keep calling me and asking, 'When are we getting a Verizon deal?' I tell them, I have no idea," said City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Queens), who heads the city's Franchise and Concessions Committee. Avella says he has tried for 18 months to schedule a City Council public hearing on the cable contracts, but Speaker Christine Quinn, who has built a close relationship with City Hall, has blocked his efforts.
Was Avella voted for? |
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