Lab 4: Political Influences

I attended a local city council meeting in Saint Anthony, Idaho. The biggest decision was whether or not to cut down on plowing snow off the roads. This was ultimately decided with not cutting down on the finances.

• If they were to cut down on the plowing, the roads would be dangerous to drive on when the time would come. It would put families in danger on the same streets that people had been driving everyday for the last year.
• It keeps the families safe in winter when the roads do get crappy.
• It actually helped the families reduce tension when they know that the roads are going to be safer while driving.
• There is not much that will impact me in my future career except the driving conditions that I will be faced with.
• This reassures me that while I am in Pocatello, my mom and sister will be safer driving during the winter. With a future family, I will be able to travel safely with my family.
• Every point was covered in this meeting to make this decision.

This gives the parents the reassurance that their children will be able to travel to and from school and other activities on safer roads. The city employees that plow the roads are going t make sure that the roads will be plowed. There were some officials that wanted to cut down the spending on plowing, but their minds were changed quick because people made them think of their family and how it would put them into more danger. I strongly agreed with the decision that council members made.