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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2912142, member: 716"]
And Assemblywomen Pam Hunter just endorsed the Community Grid.

That's big news, as she was a vocal holdout. She lives on the east side of the city but represents a district that straddles the DeWitt line and includes a lot of neighborhoods with very vocal opponents. Apparently groups like Suburbs for the Grid helped her change her mind.

Now do you all want some OttoMets editorializing? No? Too bad. This is politically advantageous, but I've been disgusted by her stance from the beginning and am disappointed at the praise she's beginning to receive for this endorsement. She was wrong from the jump. There were two proper stances for a politician to take: 1) "Urban and transportation planning decisions should be made by the knowledgeable paid professionals who do this for a living, and I'm not included in that group," or 2) "The paid professionals who make urban and transportation planning and policy decisions recommend Course of Action X, so that's what I support."

But she didn't. And she's still stubbornly resisting all propriety and logic. What's her rationale now? That enough constituents support it that she now supports it. No acknowledgement that politicians should stay out of these policy decisions. Just a tacit support for some type of asinine "policy by referendum" approach.

Not a fan, even if I like the outcome.
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