SciFiFisher wrote:I know that a lot of the “local” politicians try to do the right thing. But, something seems to get lost at the national level.
Thinking about it, I'm not sure I'd agree. From the perspective of someone living in a red, Bible Belt state, I'm a hell of a lot more appalled by the local politicians, school boards, etc. than I am by Georgia's US Senators and Representatives.
Just this past election, we had a state representative who was a former judge caught violating judicial ethics (sexual harassment of subordinates) and forced to resign. Along with the resignation, he agreed to not seek judicial or political office. What did he do? He ran for the state house, won, and was one of the key sponsors to a state constitutional amendment to overhaul the state's judicial review board. You know, the one that forced him to resign his judgeship. It was successful. This kind of slimy, self-serving bullshit goes on all the time here, and I know in other places. It's way worse than the US Congress.
And school boards? Holy fuck, if it weren't for the ACLU and other responsible watchdogs, our schools would be teaching flat earth theory. A 6000 year old flat earth.
Before the last two, the office of mayor of Atlanta seemed to require as a qualification that candidates have graduated from the Illinois Governor's School of Criminal Ethics. A past CEO of Dekalb county, where I live, was another self-serving crook (Dekalb County actually has more people than Atlanta, so he was more influential than the Atlanta mayor). That guy ran the county like a dictator. We had a sheriff who was defeated in an election and then the sheriff-elect was assassinated. Who killed him? The defeated incumbent.
This place is a fucking political cesspool and I haven't even mentioned the governor.