Forum Post: Budgetary Power to the People: An experiment with direct democracy on Chicago’s South Side.
Posted 11 years ago on March 4, 2013, 5:25 p.m. EST by GirlFriday
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If the process is seen as a failure, it could further alienate Chicago citizens, many of whom are already wary of local politics. But if it’s successful, it could encourage further political engagement and a greater sense of what’s possible.
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This is part one of five.
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“There’s an alarming trend nowadays where you have a lot of influence from folks that are up top—but once we really look at what the community needs, you see that the best way to find that out is to go to the community and ask them.”
How true. Baby steps, but steps nonetheless. In the right direction. Hope this idea takes hold.
Baby steps peeps, baby steps indeed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Gkes9CDBk
Can't watch YT videos, damn it! My graphics card burned out last week, I threw in an old one I had laying around, and now my sound doesn't work. Can't figure out where the conflict is. I know it's off-topic, but this post is worth bumping anyway.
I agree. It is going to depend a lot on how many times that they are thwarted in their attempts. The plus side is that they figure out what they are up against.
True. I found it slightly encouraging that the idea has spread to over 1200 communities around the globe. But tempered by the fact that although there are dozens in South and Central America, scores in western Europe, there are only four in North America; two in Canada and two in the US. It's no surprise that US government's would resist the idea. Good luck Chicago.
Be sure to post the other four articles when they appear.