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June 22, 2005
Whirrrrrrrp! Civic Alert
This is not a test. Please calmly follow these instructions.
Proceed to your nearest town hall. Learn about what goes on there. Repeat procedure with your courthouse, school board, mayoral offices, and various commissions.
A republic cannot sustainably thrive if its citizens, off-handedly and with meager participation, elect officials among themselves only to then pay little to no attention to how those fellow citizens go about the officiating.
Did I know that such a high percentage of Chattanooga Police Department disciplinary actions had been overturned by the Council? No. Am I glad for the combination of blog and online MSM that got me up to speed? Of course.
I don't even pretend to know the complex story behind this figure, so I recognize the folly there would be in an attempt to dissect it, or to cast blame on any one party (including the Council). However, from the surface it would appear that there is a breakdown somewhere in the system that is causing this asynchronous outcome, and I feel that it is our duty to discover and repair as best we can.
Government | By joe lance | 7:55 AM