tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post7184514992463420786..comments2024-03-27T15:57:09.192+05:30Comments on Urbanomics: Getting legislators to legislateUrbanomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-89567709369070301522014-03-28T09:12:09.710+05:302014-03-28T09:12:09.710+05:30Anon, thanks for the comment.
You point to the e...Anon, thanks for the comment. <br /><br />You point to the exceptional legislator. JP is exceptional by some distance. And there are a handful like him. However, I am referring to the median legislator's capacity to legislate. Try doing all that which you wrote about with little knowledge and expertise about all those areas... Urbanomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-58672504287840380522014-03-27T09:03:32.324+05:302014-03-27T09:03:32.324+05:30Hard to see how the inability to participate in la...Hard to see how the inability to participate in law making due to administrative constraints has led the legislators to explore criminal opportunities in their constituencies.<br /><br />At least one legislator in AP, Mr. JP, a former bureaucrat, had 96% attendance in the state assembly, independently worked on several laws such as Lokpal, judicial appointments commission bill, services guarantee act, actively contributed in terms of data and modalities in support of amicable division of the state. How did the administrative constraints not affect him to act otherwise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com