Sand Box: Listen before you lead

by John BurryLocal democracy is an interesting construct. Very often, local elections are decided with a low voter turnout. It can often seem residents don’t care enough about local issues to use their voice and their vote.Here in Hermosa Beach, we have just been through a City Council election that coincided with a presidential election. That’s unusual for us, but it meant voter turnout was historically high. Two results stood out. The first was that a proposed sales tax ballot meas