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Local Government
Reading through the Evans and Degutis article on how legislation is authored, considered, and brought to the floor for a vote, is fundamentally correct and it's the way the U.S. Constitution intended for Congress to function. Sadly, the U.S. Congress is deeply divided and very little legislation of any substance or of any help to American citizens has come out of the Congress in the past few years. This paper is about local government, and due to the lack of productivity at the national level -- a new poll, released June 20 by Gallup Poll shows "a historically low 7% of U.S. residents trust Congress" (UPI, 2014) -- local government becomes even more important to the lives and well beings of citizens in towns and cities across the country. A good question to ask of a local public official is, "Do I trust this person?" (Evans, et al., 2003). (and I don't trust the local government here in California).
Describe the processes, procedures and functions of your local government.
In my California unincorporated community, where about 6,500 people live, the local government is a community services...
The board of directors is made up of five members elected to four-year "overlapping" terms. Elections are held in "even years" with three board members' terms expire in 2016 and two board members' terms expiring in 2014. Elections are held the first Tuesday of November, in conjunction with county and federal elections.
The board hires a Manager to represent the board and be the public spokesperson for board decisions and actions. The Manager is paid about $160,000 annually, with a generous allowance for automobile and housing expenses. Is the work of this community services district transparent? The answer is, there is a lot that has been decided by this board that the public only finds out after the fact. For example, over the past seven or eight years this community has been facing a severe water shortage. This year that shortage is being called a "severe drought," and the board is very late in coming to terms with the shortage. In the meantime, the board has spent upwards of $6 million on studies relating…
Works Cited
Evans, C.H., and Degutis, L.C. (2003). What It Takes for Congress to Act. American Journal
of Health Promotion, 18(2), 177-181.
United Press International. (2014). Poll: Public opinion of Congress hits new low. Gallup Poll. Retrieved June 20, 2014, from http://www.upi.com.
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