Royal Council May Face Democracy

 

“Rather than a healthy give and take… city representatives have shut the door…even after the city council directed staff to meet with stake-holders, the message delivered by staff to those who participated was that although city staff was being required to tolerate public testimony on the subject, because the die had already been cast, nothing the public had to say was going to have any effect.” –  from “Celebrate Antioch Foundation” aka “The Yard,” to the Antioch City Council.