“Democracy” at Work
The Gwinnett County Commission will vote today to spend another $19 million on its new baseball stadium without debate or public discussion.
At its morning work session today, the commission voted to add the payment to its “consent agenda,” a package of issues voted on with a single vote and no discussion at its afternoon business session. That meeting happens at 2 p.m.
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J.C. Bradbury is an economist and associate professor at Kennesaw State University in metropolitan Atlanta. He is the author of The Baseball Economist and has operated Sabernomics.com since March 2004.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
What’s the process for recall elections in Gwinnett County? Sounds as if the mechanism design for the County is broken.