Size of legislature-plank

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* I want to be a part of the discussion and process when the size of the legislative bodies come onto the table. 
* Minority representation is very important to me. So, it is very possible to reduce the number of people in a legislative body and get fewer views, fewer points of diversity, and bigger troubles in elections where bigger districts mean the biggest donors win and the biggest machine politicians rule without viable challengers ever able to emerge.
* To cut the size of government is a great goal. However, most of the cuts could come from the size of the governmental spending and not in the voice of the citizens. So, I suggest a big cut in the speniding of all the members of the city council and all of the members of the state house and state senate. Let's cut the perks first.
category: Platform_Planks_from_Mark_Rauterkus category: democracy