> The standard complaint is that city councils weight complaints from normal people far too highly. In most cases, what happens is they give a lot of weight to

> The standard complaint is that city councils weight complaints from normal people far too highly. In most cases, what happens is they give a lot of weight to input from those who agree with the predestined outcome, and none to those who differ. In these city meetings, all the decisions have been made behind closed door already (often with substantial greasing of the wheels), the open hearing are just for show.