Is that a reference to this?
Yes. I think that’s one of the defining characteristics of the R’s these days.
From my experience with much smaller town boards I would think it difficult to get much done.
However, I’m quite willing to grant that Nashville knows more about how to do Nashville than I do.
I just looked it up, and Cleveland has 17. Google also helpfully informed me that NYC has the largest council of any city in the US, at 51 members. So, yeah, 40 for a moderate-sized city like Nashville does sound like an awful lot.
Chicago has 50.
Los Angeles has 15.
No rhyme or reason as far as I can tell.
I just looked up Los Angeles, because I couldn’t remember the exact number, and it’s only 15*.
*(City Councilpersons, that is)
ETA: Dammit. I should have looked at the last post before mine!
Portland OR only has 5! Well, for now. They’re going to a new city government organization with 12 councillors next year.
It’s not just a city council. It’s a city/county council.
Gotcha all beat, I bet.
In British Columbia, Greater Victoria, population 368,000, is comprised of 13 municipalities, with 13 mayors and 78 councillors.
91 elected politicians for 368,000 people.
Just as a bit of interesting information, the opposite extreme is represented by Los Angeles County (not the city). Five members of the county board of supervisors for a population of almost 10 million.
Eh, in urban areas, county governments are often just an afterthought, since the city does almost all of the governmenting.
The New Hampshire State House has 400 members for 1.3 million people.
LA City and County are not the same exactly. Lots of LA County not in the City. Some of those areas are in cities with their own governments, but not all are.
St. Louis just reduced its Board of Aldermen from 28 to 14.
Come to St. Louis County, Missouri. Population 997,000. 85 municipalities, each with a mayor and anywhere from 3-7 council members. (There used to be more!)
Greater Victoria, one municipality for approximately every 28,000 people.
St. Louis County, one municipality for approximately every 12,000 people. The smallest one has a population of 12.
That sounds like being a jury foreperson.
I lived in NH for 20 years (as an adult; I miss that place). I listened to NHPR every day. I read a number of local news sources. The number of times I can recall them doing anything of note can be counted on one hand.
My local rep used to run the bobcat at the place I used to get my landscape materials.
justin pearson has been reinstated to his seat (per cnn).
So is that all 3 then?
If so, I’ll update the title of the thread.
It is. All 3 are back or still in the Tennessee State Legislature.
I believe so. Below is a link to a CNN story confirming Pearson’s re-appointment.