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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: D. Long who wrote (30517)2/20/2004 7:25:02 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 793859
 
If they can't get the result they want - try some extra-legal means.

Non-violent civil disobedience is a legitimate part of the messy settling process we go through to sort out law in this country just as referenda are. When all is said and done, it's hard to imagine the mayor prevailing over the state but things need to play themselves out. There's always a lot of jerking around as the settling process proceeds. I wouldn't get too exercised over the status at any particular point in the process because next week or next month or next year it will have jerked in a different direction. Eventually, it will be settled.

I must say that it's odd to see civil disobedience practiced so blatently by elected officials. The standard usage is by the public. I have reservations about its use by elected officials and I'm surprised we're not seeing more discussion from the chattering class on that aspect of it.
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