Nolan Finley Editorial On AWOL Politicians

[SteadySky]

With Nolan Finley, I find myself in a like/dislike relationship with his columns. When he is right, its 100% spot-on and when he is off, he is way off in his opinions. Hell, I'm a independent that dislikes both the Democratic and Republican parties, but does work within those too parties to decide who I vote for. Personally, I am totally fiscally conservative and rather "liberal" when it comes to issues concerning how to live your life, etc. I work in the environmental consulting profession and can best be described as a conservationist rather than a "tree hugger," etc.

I think he has it right concerning this matter of politicians not showing up to vote. The politicians from each party use every method under the sun to slow down, corrupt, modify, fix, destroy, etc., legislation that is working through the system. But at least it is IN THE SYSTEM. This to me seems like a bad, bad, road to go down trying to freeze or stop the system of governance tht we have in America. This happneded in Texas when a review of the voting districts were conducted in 2000 [[I think). Hell, those kind of political games go in both political parties and is as old as the republic.

I am curious as to what other Detroit Yes posters think on this issue. Is this such a monumental matter that we need to begin dismantling a bedrock aspect of our system? Thank you for your input. I am long time reader, but this is my first thread.