[LomanBill]

[They should let the citizens of this city go through the budget items and ax the ones they think are unnecessary, not what the government wants to cut.]

They is We, and such a mandate could be enacted via an initiative but... Any suggestions as to how this kind of Citizen participation would be physically implemented?

[calex59]

It would be difficult but it could be done, especially at the local level. However, the main recourse we have now is to vote the a**hat out of office.