Making corruption easier won't make it less likely

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Tue, 01/17/2012 - 5:04pm

Critics of Austin's current system of city-wide Council elections are correct that Council elections are dominated by a "white, liberal, central city power base " a/k/a central Austin homeowners.  I think this is a bad thing.  Central Austin homeowners are a parochical lot and they elect parochial Council members who adopt policies that stifle new housing and development and run up the price of existing housing.  Central Austin has fewer residents, more expensive housing, and lower-quality housing than it should have, thanks...


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