Mark Steyn on the over-centralized political culture in Britain
A centralised political culture necessitates a centralised media culture: the minute you start having little elections hither and yon for this and that, the ability of the Indy and the BBC to define the parameters of acceptable opinion will be weakened.He could just as easily been writing about the Seattle Times and its supercilious opposition to district elections in Seattle.
Electing Seattle City Council members by geographical district would not improve the overall quality of council. That misconception has been peddled by promoters of a plan to switch from at-large elections to election in nine districts.Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 25, 2003 09:19 PM