^^The Jan-May calendar schedule concept is a bit outdated. It came from when representative were mostly big landowners and the went to legislature in the winter between harvest and planting. Not exactly the world we live in now days. Very few jobs give you a yearly 5 month break. If they were all teacher they should be alders during the summer break.
Its odd that people seem to want to hold alders to the highest moral standards but simultaneously withhold the ability to self support from the alders. This makes it possible to really make the role their priority. A job with a lot of power that doesn't pay the bills is an invitation for corrupt influences. Not to give people too much of a pass but who could do that job without finding money on the side somewhere.
Its odd that people seem to want to hold alders to the highest moral standards but simultaneously withhold the ability to self support from the alders. This makes it possible to really make the role their priority. A job with a lot of power that doesn't pay the bills is an invitation for corrupt influences. Not to give people too much of a pass but who could do that job without finding money on the side somewhere.
