Late but worth sharingCDUB98 said:94chem said:BohunkAg said:It's why we've ended up with a bunch of what we've gotten on all levels of government. People aren't interested in learning about how it works.Microwave Onions said:
Part of the challenge in addressing the question of competency is that most voters simply have no interest in learning about the core functions of different levels of government. In order to really discuss competency at the local level, the audience would need to have a basic idea of what competency would look like. But most people simply vote along ideological lines, or based on emotion surrounding the hot button issue of the hour. And they vote for local offices - when they do - the same way they vote for national offices.
Just an anecdote, but one of my buddies told me a story about getting dragged by his wife to a Spring Branch Republicans event last year where Mealer was speaking. He's not any kind of political junky, but he was dismayed and laughing about some old dude who got up to scream at Mealer about Dan Crenshaw. Even my buddy could see that it had nothing to do with Mealer; nothing to do with the office of Harris County judge; and nothing to do with the county budgeting issues she was trying to discuss, but that's the kind of thing people face when they try to go into any detail about competency in local government.
Crenshaw can't even go to his own party meetings. What's the point of being called a RINO for 2 hours by people whose full understanding of government comes from conspiracy websites?
Says the guy who thinks Lake Conroe peeps purposely flooded Kingwood to save their homes.
