Do you find that city councils fail to think ahead long term by hastely pass weak by-laws and enact poorly thought-out city plans or just do nothing except balance budgets and use the “it’s not in our budget” as a means to off-load responsibility, accountability and/or innovation?

Do they seem like they are just interested in another paycheck and/or popularity and have non-genuine concerns for the people or are they just misunderstood and are a target for media and upset constituents?