Ongoing thougths about the topic
"Virtual Worlds"?
Just over a week after we got back from Calif, we attended the local township Annual Meeting.
There are about 300 voters in the township, but the Clerk noted that she is proud of the 85% turnout for elections! (2000 Census numbers 788)
Even in the "off season" there was a good turnout for the meeting, 75+ would be a guess.
Not that anything earth-shattering was on the agenda, but it is good to hear local officals talk about issues.
Then, last night, I attended a neighboring township Planning & Zoning board meeting (we own property in that township, although we vote here). Issue on the Agenda was a (poorly thought through in my opinion) request from a developer for a Zoning change (to more dense development).
Again, something less than 500 voters in the township (my guess, total population under 1.5K).
This time the room was packed, SRO, with over 100 citizens.
Presentation by the developer, followed by public comment lasted almost 2 hours.
This is Real World stuff.
Citizens involved in local issues.
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