Political mandates in close elections.
At every level of government, winners of close elections tend to adopt a winner-take-all approach. There are good reasons why winners of close elections should act graciously instead.
The future of our electric utility.
This discussion on governance structures is about aligning the incentives of the decision makers with long term goals. Council members are naturally more responsive to the needs of right now—that’s how we get elected and re-elected. That short term thinking is not aligned with the long term thinking required to keep this publicly owned utility viable long term.