That s life: Your local government works
Tony Bender
Local Columnist
I ve covered hundreds of school board, city council, and county commission meetings over the years, and I ll tell you something you d probably hear from any newspaper person who s done the same; by and large, your local government works.
I can t count the number of times I ve had a breathless citizen, Joe Coffeeshop, tell me what wacky thing the county commission is plotting, and yet, when you sit through a meeting, you find good, thoughtful decisions being made. Do they sometimes get it wrong? Sure, with hindsight being 20-20, but I d be hard-pressed to remember the last time I disagreed with their decisions once I knew the facts.