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Revitalizing local democracy through charter reform
By William C. Shelton
Last Thursday the Charter Review Committee conducted its first meeting. Its purpose is to design a new governing document – a new government, really – that will enable the City to be responsive to residents and to effectively meet the challenges of this historical moment.
Such an effort is overdue by over a century. Our current charter dates to 1899. It mandates two Fence Viewers, a Wood and Bark Measurer, and a Grain Weigher. It also invests overwhelming authority to govern in the mayor.
Just twelve years after the current charter’s adoption the city’s leaders recognized their error. The Board of Aldermen approved a new charter that specified a commission form of government, a forerunner of today’s council/manager form. The Mayor signed it, but it languished and then died in the Legislature in 1914.
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With the vast body of works credited to Kukah exhibiting his intellectual prowess, it is perhaps not surprising that he is near-perfect in distinguishing between the state and the church. And while he has a very close relationship with both, he ensures he knows where the line is to be drawn such that the church does not intrude into politics and the state does not interfere in the church.
“…provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendour.”