An astute reader sent us a link to this editorial.
In a nutshell, some folks in Dallas are proposing a change to their city charter that would require the ballot language used on bond elections to include two numbers: the principal amount, and the amount that the city will have to pay back (principal + interest).
The newspaper wrote in praise of the transparency being demonstrated by their city council.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
While we are at it, why not print the salaries of the positions for each person you vote for?
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It wouldn’t work here. Our entire facade of local government is based on obfuscation and cronyism and would collapse under the weight of genuine transparency. We would never have built Woody World for the Little Dogs to begin with and, as for the bond projects, well the feeding frenzy is just starting.
“Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don’t- I’ve come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step,cut a little swathe and lead the people on.”
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And we deserve a newspaper that would endorse such welcomed transparency.
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