Email to the Mayor of Seattle

Subject: In Favor of Greater Democracy

Dear Mayor Durkan:

In this email I will make two suggestions in favor of introducing greater democracy in the way Seattle is governed.

Introduction. The two legs of democracy.

1 — The first leg is well known. All our elected officials are elected by the people. This is what makes our system democratic. But we tend to ignore an important fact that is clearly undemocratic. The candidates that are on the ballots are not chosen by the people. This is particularly true…