News Item: : Corporations Rule
(Category: Club News)
Posted by Webmaster
Wednesday 10 February 2010 - 11:51:41
It is a standard comment on American governance to say that the most corrupt level is that of the city council. Few people want to serve on a city council. Among those who do want to serve are developers and their toadies. They come well funded and with endorsements from chambers of commerce, the Republican Party, libertarians and teabaggers. Often they run for office unopposed.
Recent examples of corporations rolling up city councils include the easy win for the Saggio Hills development in Healdsburg--which the voters would have rejected--and yesterday's victory by Target in Petaluma. In Petaluma, as is often the case, the developer threatened a lawsuit. Developers have deeper wallets and better lawyers than small cities.
Target, we all know, does not offer its workers a living wage. Our tax money will pay for much of the medical care the underpaid workers need. In other words, Target is a leech on the community and we supply it with blood. A progressive city council just told us that that was fine. Corporations rule.
This news item is from North Sonoma County Democratic Club
( http://www.northsonomademocrats.org/news.php?extend.97 )
(Category: Club News)
Posted by Webmaster
Wednesday 10 February 2010 - 11:51:41
It is a standard comment on American governance to say that the most corrupt level is that of the city council. Few people want to serve on a city council. Among those who do want to serve are developers and their toadies. They come well funded and with endorsements from chambers of commerce, the Republican Party, libertarians and teabaggers. Often they run for office unopposed.
Recent examples of corporations rolling up city councils include the easy win for the Saggio Hills development in Healdsburg--which the voters would have rejected--and yesterday's victory by Target in Petaluma. In Petaluma, as is often the case, the developer threatened a lawsuit. Developers have deeper wallets and better lawyers than small cities.
Target, we all know, does not offer its workers a living wage. Our tax money will pay for much of the medical care the underpaid workers need. In other words, Target is a leech on the community and we supply it with blood. A progressive city council just told us that that was fine. Corporations rule.
This news item is from North Sonoma County Democratic Club
( http://www.northsonomademocrats.org/news.php?extend.97 )