NE1: Damn the Torpedoes Act

[Poirot]

Let me express my opinion on this. This reeks of politicians not wanting to follow democratic rules and twisiting words to achieve their goals.

The question was simple. People voted. There were not enough votes for the capital act amendment to pass. There are not two class of citizens based on how active they are. People are encourage to vote to get a high turnout, but if the result is not "the good one" there are many reasons found by the government to still go ahead. And if the result was not the one expected, it seems the same question will be asked to voters until they give the good answer.

If most government functions are moved to Buffalo, New York City will not be the administrative center anymore, so I disagree on the twisting words interpretation.

This was in the capital act. When I asked a question in the NE assembly thread about the constitutional amendments, I said it was to move the capital to Buffalo. Nobody said a word. Nobody talked about moving certain government functions only, or what percentage would be moved. The vote was not about that.

[Poirot]

Well, it's great to know that was just a charade vote, that it didn't really matter if it had two thirds of votes or not and politicians will find a way to do what they legally can't. It is breaking the spirit of the vote.

It's not a country based on the rule of law if one person can decide what percentage of vote is enough to proceed.

If you move many or most of the administrative buildings / workers, than NYC is not the administrative center anymore, even if one person declares it is.

If the assembly had difficulty agreeing on this in the first place, it shows it was not an overwhelming accepted idea.

I see politicians are determined to go ahead even if they didn't get the vote they wanted. It was not a clear mandate. Politicians failed to get the votes needed on this. It wasn't even an issue discussed during the campaign.     

[Poirot]

For non legal types, what is the difference in asking for an opinion instead of a ruling ?

Is the Justice going to decide what is considered an administrative center in the constitution since we don't share the same opinion on this.