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It's the elephant in the room. City level government in pretty much every large U.S. city is a one party state. And like any monopoly it ends up as some combi
by treis 4y ago
It's the elephant in the room. City level government in pretty much every large U.S. city is a one party state. And like any monopoly it ends up as some combination of inefficient and corrupt.
A lot of it comes down to how we do elections. Ultimately, Adams became mayor of a 8.5 million city by getting 290k votes in the Democratic primary. Which is just crazy when you think about it.