Post by tdrivertom on Feb 9, 2012 15:02:24 GMT -5
Grievences no. 6, 7, and 12 should not be a part of the formal "Petition for the Redress of Grievances."
This is not to say that healthcare, protecting the environment, and education reform aren't important. It should go without saying that these issues are very important. However, I doubt seriously if you are going to get more than 800 delegates together over a 3 day period and come up with a meaningful and agreed upon grievance. These three issues are all very complex, they deserve separate focus, and should be dealt with at another time. How many environmental conferences have we seen so far that ended without any substantial breakthroughs?
It would be wiser to spend the 3 days in Philadelphia working on the most pressing issues that are facing this country. It should be the goal of the delegates to the NGA, towrite a final draft of grievances that the Congress is capable of addressing in a fairly short period of time. Fixing the problems with healthcare, the environment, and education are going to take much longer than simply closing the loopholes for the influence of Big Money in government or reforming banking by reinstating regulations.
This is not to say that healthcare, protecting the environment, and education reform aren't important. It should go without saying that these issues are very important. However, I doubt seriously if you are going to get more than 800 delegates together over a 3 day period and come up with a meaningful and agreed upon grievance. These three issues are all very complex, they deserve separate focus, and should be dealt with at another time. How many environmental conferences have we seen so far that ended without any substantial breakthroughs?
It would be wiser to spend the 3 days in Philadelphia working on the most pressing issues that are facing this country. It should be the goal of the delegates to the NGA, towrite a final draft of grievances that the Congress is capable of addressing in a fairly short period of time. Fixing the problems with healthcare, the environment, and education are going to take much longer than simply closing the loopholes for the influence of Big Money in government or reforming banking by reinstating regulations.
