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Sam D'Amico
@sdamico
This is correct. SF only improved because political organizing managed to coordinate the elections of: - the mayor - 6/11 supervisors - the DA - subsequent appointments to the police commission Extremely difficult to describe this coherently to even very smart people.
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Mike Solana
@micsolana
we should not be voting for public defender, city attorney, DA, treasurer, school board etc. these should be mayoral appointments. our present system of low-information voters building a city's government ad hoc means nobody is ever in charge, and accountability is impossible.
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Matt Vinson
@mattmvinson
Maybe a hot take: A low effort, disengaged electorate deserves the consequences of their abdication of democratic process. A mayor choosing his own treasurer makes sense. So does an independent school board where policy is independent of the policy of the mayoral candidates.
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@Paul_Melman
The problem is that executive appointment gives power to special interest groups. Unions, corporations, NGO grifters, etc. They incentivize patronage over merit and efficiency. Election by jury is the answer. Let randomly selected voters research and deliberate before choosing.
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willswingOTR
@heavycompass
this will require a non-partisan confirmation process to hire the right career professionals who are reasonably independent. election drama is easier.
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Ackshully Brian
@cleanupaisle8
Until the democrat party gets rid of the radicals the city won’t be functioning properly. Too much social engineering and corruption.
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