I won the local election, but my township ignored the results and state law

Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by meibo on Friday January 28, 2022 @02:06AM (#30111527)

Yeah, it's really powered by favors, in my experience. This doesn't have to be an inherently bad thing in small communities, as it gets things done, but it's obviously unfair to outsiders.

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Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by gspr on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:05AM (#30111930)

What? Of course it's inherently bad! Why does the size of the community matter? Is corruption quaint if the place it's happening is small enough?!

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Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by Aeolun on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:06AM (#30114705)

Sort of, yeah. It’s like the moms in the PTA going on a power trip and increasing the per parent budget from $5 to $6 dollars for the year, then later realizing the money was all spent on snacks for their meetings.

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Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by s1artibartfast on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:48AM (#30115239)

Only if you consider favors corruption. I'm guessing you are imagining pretty different situations

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Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by throwaway98797 on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:45AM (#30114475)

it’s unlikely you’d be happy living where the letter of the law is followed exactly and consistently

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Re:I won the local election, but my township ignored the res... by pixl97 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @04:18PM (#30130584)

I would be more happy if it was... when it is not followed exactly the execution of the law gets to pick favourites on who and when they decided to enact the laws.

When laws are followed, people tend to be much more careful on the laws they write.

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