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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Councilors like Farkas appeal to the people who think a councilors main role should be to help individuals fix their problems, and really annoy people who want to see someone who is working towards a vision and a plan to make the city better as a whole.
Councilors like Farrell do the opposite.
It may seem like they aren't listening because they pass you off to a staff member, or direct you to the right city department, but in reality, they are doing their job by sending you to the people who's job it is to fix your problems, while they focus on the larger picture.
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The answer of course is that 'balance' between the two is what makes a representative democracy work. You can care about the community you live in, but you also have a duty to care about your immediate family.
Put simply - IMHO - Druh got away from that balance in recent years. Solving big picture issues like climate change and social inequity took precedence over the mundane day to day issues like rising crime and traffic.
If your elected representative for civic government doesn't respond to say, rising crime - who else should a citizen be turning to?