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Civil discourse
by Nancy Oates on August 19, 2019
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Posted by Nancy Oates on August 19, 2019
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Plurimus
/ August 21, 2019Nancy, I think this elected official and trump for that matter are symptoms of pent up frustration with politics as usual. People see problems that have obvious bipartisan solutions, yet nothing happens. Worse the extremes (and the media) on both sides produce so much shrill noise that it is hard to agree on facts, or be heard above the din. Ideas are reduced to 140 characters. The fix will not be easy.
Nancy Oates
/ August 21, 2019It would be a lot easier if we weren’t so obsessed with which “team” will win. These are serious issues we need to address and put our best brains to work on. If we get caught up in strategizing who will come out looking good, guaranteed the residents will lose.
Plurimus
/ August 23, 2019Honestly I see only varying shades of one side in the political decisions here. There is an entrenchment that come from a small group who run the political machine in this county. I see the result as largely preordained decisions and yes, the losers are the people who live here.
David Schwartz
/ August 24, 2019The small group who run the political machine in Orange County have a tenuous hold on the levers of governance. Replacing just one of their members in 2020 would enable a new, more informed and thoughtful majority to start moving us in a better direction. Perhaps we can recruit a whip-smart former OC planning commissioner to run . . .