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Well, you’ve kind of missed the basis of a democracy. You the individual person cast a vote for your council person, right? Usually when we have town council meetings regarding real estate development, individual people do show up and scream.
Thinking democracy actually works and the representatives actually care about the people is very wishful thinking. From my experience they don't and they haven't for a long time.
I wouldn't know. I haven't been to a town council meeting before.
Would a town council even be involved in an industrial zone which might not even be part of a town?