Majority Rule? Louisville Preservation Case Highlights Rare Voting Mandate
From a national perspective, the landmarks commission's requirement is "really unusual," said John Pelissero, senior scholar in government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Nothing similar in other cities came to mind during an interview this week.
"We have these bodies created for a reason and that is to act on behalf of those that they represent -- the public," he said. "And to be in a situation where public policymaking can be stymied because of this unusual higher threshold for a body to be able to take action certainly doesn't help the cause of good public policy."
John Pelissero, senior scholar, government ethics, was interviewed by WDRB, Louisville, KY.
Feb 7, 2023