Comments on: Citizen Authority Could Increase

By: ericn1300

ericn1300 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:56:04 +0000

Hey, Gordon, of course they know who their employers are. The donors, lobbyists and party hacks who got them elected. It’s sad to see governance reduced to acts of pay back while thumbing their noses at the electorate, but it’s all about the money and influence that it takes to get elected and re-elected these days and then the paybacks. The elected officials are going to protect that golden cow with all the means available to them even it means using your money to go to court to deny you your rights.

By: Voter

Voter — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:43:38 +0000

Any taxpayer and or voter should have “standing” to question any elected offical or public group….injury is that theses folks will be effected by their stupid actions.

The high court should NOT allow elected offical the ability to “hide” from court challenges.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:44:38 +0000

Don’t any of those people remember that we are their employers?
Surely the employer (the public) has the authority to tell it’s employees (legislators,, commishes, councilers, cops, firefighters, street workers etc.) what they can and cannot do with the employer’s funds.
How can they possibly argue against that fact?

EDITOR NOTE–past cases have seldom granted mere citizens standing unless they have a UNIQUE injury. The GUARDIAN editor was denied standing when the auditorium district used public funds to advocate for a convention center…no special injury.

Ameritel Inns was granted standing because they stood to have a “unique injury” if they paid room tax to fund the competition. Supremes of course ruled the advertising with public money to be illegal.