Right now I have a president of the United States, two United States senators, one United States congressman, a governor, a state senator, a state assemblyman, a county executive, a county legislator, a mayor, a common council member and a common council president, all elected to represent me. That's just the executive and legislative branches. There's also judges, state supreme court justices, sheriffs, district attorney, attorney generals and the like I have to vote for. Let's not even bring up political committee delegates.
As best as I can figure, I live in the 27th district, the 60th district, the 11th district and either the 141st or the 144th district, depending on my interpretation of the helpful district maps offered on the state Web site. As a City of Buffalo resident, I believe I live in the Delaware district, if I'm reading the somewhat imprecise map the city Web site offers me correctly.
There are three different state assembly people in my zip code. There are two different congressional representatives in my zip code. I actually had to look up my nine-digit zip code to figure out which congressional district I'm in (I was sure I was in Brian Higgins district, but it could have been the alcohol). In fact, the apartments across the hall from mine have a different nine-digit zip code than me.
That's a lot of people to keep track of. And during election season, you have to double that at least. I work in the media, and even I can't keep up with all this stuff, so I can't imagine Johnny Suburb having much luck with it.
Government may be too big.
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