RE: Optional Forms of Government

[John Teeter <johnt@fsr.com>]

Glad the ballot sample came round...look forward to the new info coming....

So I think I'll be voting to maintain the current structure of our county 
government.  I can't see moving in a direction that tends to put in place a 
new bureaucracy, tends to centeralize power, and make control one step 
further removed from the populace.  The balances which have been in place 
have, over time, proven effective in allowing us to maintain consistent and 
governance of our county affairs.  By changing the form of governance, we 
are insuring that we'll be in the vangard of establishing a body of Idaho 
case law which would define. right now its a void.  For example, how would 
we "recall" (or fire) an appointed county administrator?  Should the need 
arrise, do we have to invent the mechanism and thus stand the legal fees 
associated with the establishment of the precedence? (I'm sure there are 
many more scenarios where this form of gov, in Idaho, is not well 
defined....)

I spose there lots of pros/cons ... like the complexity/specialties of the 
job of CC has gotten beyond the skill set of normal citizens ... that we've 
got to defere to the knowledgable elite for the management of our affairs, 
but I'd rather defere to my three (or is that one???? whats with this 
executive commissioner thing anyway?) of my peers to do what's right, 
asking advise - getting training - as needed, and have them to discuss the 
issues with knowing that they can/must deal with getting things done.....

:)

johnt
(opps - forgot my v2020 manners - thats: John Teeter - Princeton)


On Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:08 AM, Latah Planning & Building 
[SMTP:latahpb@moscow.com] wrote:
> As promised, the Optional Forms of Government Ballot Question is
> attached in a Microsoft Word document file.
>
>