Re: [Pen-l] Green Public investment

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

> Right. That's an important reason why there should not be a
> single-minded focus on any single "progress" indicator -- and why
> citizens need as much information of all sorts as possible. More
> importantly, however, we need more democratic controls over elected
> officials, for example, the right to recall them in mid-term (making
> them our delegates rather than our representatives). These delegates
> should also be denied any special privileges, perks, or pay that
> create the incentive to cling to office.

There's a paradox here - term limits (and I assume that this sort of  
approach) actually reduces the influence of elected officials and  
raises that of the civil service professionals, and seems to reduce  
legislative branch power and enhance the executive's. So this may not  
be as democratic as it seems.

Doug
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