Friday, August 14, 2015
North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking
There’s a reason elected officials like the term “grass roots” – it’s reliable shorthand, a way to show they grasp the concerns of everyday people, and to signal they understand what moves voters to act.
Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken about the need to keep government connected to the grassroots.
Last April, to mark his first 100 days in office, de Blasio offered an ardent account of what that connection would look like and how it would influence him....