The candidate unveils Portland's new governing apparatus.
Seriously now have you ever watched a City Council meeting???? I have, once, by accident, I thought it was public access television.... Oh really now those people argue more than my ex wives and accomplish less than my painting career which is saying something....
Really now just put a big box downtown, people write their ideas on napkins, receipts, whatever, shove it in there, and every morning I reach in and pull something out like a raffle at a church rummage sale.... Whatever I grab, that's the law now.... Democracy but faster.... You're welcome....
"Whatever I grab, that's the law now. Democracy but faster."
Oh seriously now some people say "Tan that's not how democracy works" and I say "Have you SEEN how democracy works lately? Have you sat through a public comment period? Have you watched grown adults argue about parking meters for four hours?" Really now the suggestion box cuts through all that.... Someone writes "fix the potholes" on a napkin, I pull it out, boom, we're fixing potholes.... No committees, no subcommittees, no committees to oversee the subcommittees, just RESULTS....
Seriously now I'm not saying I'll implement EVERY suggestion, some of them are gonna be weird, probably some of them are gonna be from my ex wives trying to mess with me, but that's the beauty of random selection.... It's FAIR.... Rich people, poor people, drunk people, everyone's napkin has an equal chance of becoming law and if that's not democracy then I don't know what is.... Really now this is government of the people, by the people, for the people, pulled randomly from a wooden box by a man who may or may not have had his coffee yet....