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RandySF

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Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:16 PM Oct 2024

Question 6 for Cape Cod. What's it all about?

Besides the five statewide ballot questions, Barnstable County voters will face Question 6 on the Nov. 5 election ballot which calls for giving the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates more power over the budget.

And the referendum has driven a wedge between the Assembly and the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners, the county’s three-member executive board, which prepares the county budget.

In Question 6, the Assembly of Delegates has added a multi-part question seeking changes in the county charter.

The Assembly, the legislative branch of the county government representing all 15 Cape towns, is seeking to “have a clear role in proposing and amending legislation and in providing budget oversight,” an overview of Question 6 states.



https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/politics/county/2024/10/12/barnstable-assembly-delegates-commissioners-ballot-question-6-charter-control-spending/75603191007/

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Question 6 for Cape Cod. What's it all about? (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2024 OP
Great read. cachukis Oct 2024 #1

cachukis

(4,082 posts)
1. Great read.
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:27 PM
Oct 2024

Lays out the complexities of governance.
The average Joe wants to be told how to vote, when the issue at hand is about one's pocket book.
We've become lazy voters when we ignore the consequence of our decisions.
Hope the Cape Codders chose wisely.

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