john roussos wrote:
>> the city council running rough-shod over the city has
>> to stop. There was no investigation into how this would
>> affect the city.
>> [... Deletia ...]
>> I only want accountability and transparency.
=v= This is a familiar narrative: a claim that it's the work
of some politicians with no public process involved. Even if
there is public process (as in New York City and San Francisco,
where you can't sneeze without multiple public hearings), they
can just say there isn't any, over and over. Wherever there's
a sensationalist press (tabloids, Fox News, etc.) there will
be a platform for those shouting the loudest, truth be damned.
=v= The next step is, of course, to deny that any "investigation
into how this would affect the city" is accurate. Opinion polls
showing support for bike lanes? Those are spun as orchestrated
by the big bad politicians.
=v= Just a few months ago, somebody presented some videos of
the Tea Party focus on preventing transportation improvements
for anything other than the automobile, with their "Agenda 21"
conspiracy theory featuring prominently. This narrative flows
with that, of course. Claims of no public process and showing
up at meetings to shout people down (you know, public process?)
are standard Tea Party tactics, as well.
=v= It's a well-rehearsed script at this point.
<_Jym_>
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