I went to my local ANC meeting yesterday, partly to talk to my commissioner about the houses next door and what's been done about them, but mainly to see what's roiling the community.
And there's lots roiling. A little about that after the jump, but more about a single incident, where a commissioner entered a resolution in a way that many felt was jumping the gun on the issue. And this raised a very fundamental question in me: When is it right to go ahead and introduce legislation, and when should you go ahead and carefully prepare the ground.
My impression is that this question doesn't exist on the right. Cosgrove and co introduce whatever pops into their heads, and Rush and co elbow each other out of the way to be the first to praise it. On the left, there seems to be a much more circumspect attitude.
My question to you: Which is the right way?
More details about this, plus a poll, after the jump.
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