11-17-2010, 06:11 AM
Mr. Orts posits: Voting out the King and the court may seem like the answer but the new King and court still have those four rules they must follow.
ME: I agree with everything you have surmised in your foregoing post. And while you reduce the sentiment of James' statement to practical terms, theoretically, each elected government comes into power with an existing set of rules and the power to change through amendment, addition or deletion those rules. Ideally, and yes, I willingly cast myself as an ideologue, I still maintain the sentiment uttered 200 yrs past, 'That government is best which governs least'. I am appalled that the local government leadership would entertain the idea of spending 5.5 million dollars on a park which becomes a public park in an area where the people's wishes seem to lean towards maintaining the 'private' nature of their subdivision. I have no dog in his hunt as I am neither an owner in HPP nor do I expect to use a park in their subdivision, but as a taxpaying county resident, I believe the decision to secure that much through bonds, based on what? Plans? Designs? Equipment? Staff? Was the number pulled out of the air? to be most premature and out of sync with the statement Mayor Kenoi made at the very meeting where the park was the topic wherein he stated regarding his vision for the park, and I quote: "'not one Cadillac park; not one Hyundai or Kia park, but one Honda or Toyota park'" I guess I was thinking in terms of the Cadillac being used as a symbol of 'most expensive' the Hyundai or Kia as 'least' and Honda or Toyota as 'average'. They all have models that rival each other cost wise, in reality, but in terms of metaphor, I am thinking 5.5 million may be more the Lexus or Acura vs Honda and Toyota.
I hope those who have far more experience with this appear to testify and appeal to the council today on this 56 million dollar vote!
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
www.write-matters.com
ME: I agree with everything you have surmised in your foregoing post. And while you reduce the sentiment of James' statement to practical terms, theoretically, each elected government comes into power with an existing set of rules and the power to change through amendment, addition or deletion those rules. Ideally, and yes, I willingly cast myself as an ideologue, I still maintain the sentiment uttered 200 yrs past, 'That government is best which governs least'. I am appalled that the local government leadership would entertain the idea of spending 5.5 million dollars on a park which becomes a public park in an area where the people's wishes seem to lean towards maintaining the 'private' nature of their subdivision. I have no dog in his hunt as I am neither an owner in HPP nor do I expect to use a park in their subdivision, but as a taxpaying county resident, I believe the decision to secure that much through bonds, based on what? Plans? Designs? Equipment? Staff? Was the number pulled out of the air? to be most premature and out of sync with the statement Mayor Kenoi made at the very meeting where the park was the topic wherein he stated regarding his vision for the park, and I quote: "'not one Cadillac park; not one Hyundai or Kia park, but one Honda or Toyota park'" I guess I was thinking in terms of the Cadillac being used as a symbol of 'most expensive' the Hyundai or Kia as 'least' and Honda or Toyota as 'average'. They all have models that rival each other cost wise, in reality, but in terms of metaphor, I am thinking 5.5 million may be more the Lexus or Acura vs Honda and Toyota.
I hope those who have far more experience with this appear to testify and appeal to the council today on this 56 million dollar vote!
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
www.write-matters.com
"Q might have done the right thing for the wrong reason, perhaps we need a good kick in our complacency to get us ready for what's ahead" -- Captain Picard, to Guinan (Q Who?)