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Cunninghams_right t1_iyk7rlc wrote

while I hate both Mosbys, if we're going to try to undertake such an effort, I would rather push for ranked-choice open primaries (or at least ranked-choice partisan primaries) for mayor and city council. in theory, we can do both, but I think in practice it's hard to motivate people. in the long term I think we would be better off with ranked-choice.

my preference aside, I think you would need some kind of controversy to get signatures, otherwise people will be like "meh, no thanks"

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buckeyebaby OP t1_iyk8ydj wrote

I would love to do both. I’m just so tired of watching the city rot as these elected officials are blatantly robbing it of its resources. Nothing will get better with this kind of leadership.

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surge208 t1_iykh1jn wrote

I’m also in favor of pushing for ranked choice voting. We actually have several solid council members, so the broad brush here is some fox45 nonsense that isn’t very helpful to say the least.

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buckeyebaby OP t1_iykuvc3 wrote

I feel like maybe the other members have just become desensitized to scandals surrounding him and no voters seems to be that outraged so why rock the boat? But that’s the entire issue, think of how many scandals Baltimore has had where elected officials were blatantly stealing. It shouldn’t feel normal but it kind of does.

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gmp012 t1_iyl8qcs wrote

Almost like it is by design...just saying things happen for a reason. Look the patterns nobody wants to admit.

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Timmah_1984 t1_iykud78 wrote

You are dead on about the controversy. His wife sucked at her job for years and managed to get re-elected. If it wasn’t for her fraud charges I’m fairly confident she would still have the job. The voters in this country are low information/high salient. They only pay attention to big events where someone fucks up and then they’ll vote that person out. It’s sad but that’s the world we live in.

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CaptainStudly t1_iyl2uii wrote

I've felt for a while that the city basically needs to be placed into receivership, which immediately forces the question of who should administer it. And apparently our entire system of government says it should be federal prosecutors, by the least efficient mechanism imaginable. So rolling that into their life satisfaction strategy should probably go in op's todo pile.

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moderndukes t1_iyn0dwd wrote

Alaska System would be my preferred: open primary, top x proceed to ranked choice general.

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