• NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Yeah you need the consent of the council for planning permission. Not the consent of the individual people.

    I am not a libertarian either, but whatever.

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      7 hours ago

      Well, you’ve kind of missed the basis of a democracy. You the individual person cast a vote for your council person, right? Usually when we have town council meetings regarding real estate development, individual people do show up and scream.

      • NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 hours ago

        Thinking democracy actually works and the representatives actually care about the people is very wishful thinking. From my experience they don’t and they haven’t for a long time.

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        4 hours ago

        I wouldn’t know. I haven’t been to a town council meeting before.

        Would a town council even be involved in an industrial zone which might not even be part of a town?