Maybe because of the “behind closed doors” mentality and the total lack of transparency at so many levels of government – local – state – federal.

Reading this New York Times article about Ferguson, “A city where policing, discrimination and raising revenue went hand in hand,” has got to produce revulsion, disgust and no surprises when government is operating without everyone being able to watch. When there are unadvertised meetings! When there are back-room meetings? When business is done on private email accounts!

Governments exist for many reasons … to serve its people.

Not to oppress them.

Not to discriminate.

Not to serve the interests of itself or just a few.

We found a few recent articles so very interesting, because the articles are about a country that has transparency: “What makes this tiny country interesting in terms of governance is not just that the people can elect their parliament online or get tax overpayments back within two days of filing their returns.”

“Envying Estonia’s digital government” – Bloomberg View

“Lessons from the world’s most tech-savvy government” – The Atlantic