During the '04 campaign, Phil Windley-then CIO for the state of Utah-said something profound about democracy, "Most people just want the roads fixed". He went on to explain that there are two sides of democracy, and they aren't defined by parties. One side is elections. The other side is governance. Elections hog the spotlight, because they make good stories. Governance is how the work gets done. To Phil, governance is the real frontier, the side of democracy that has not met its promise.
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