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Do Madrid's districts lack a lower-level elected body of their own, or did I use the wrong word for a subdivision of a city?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jul 4th, 2007 at 08:07:07 AM EST
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Madrid is divided into 21 districts, each with a Junta Municipal de Distrito (District Municipal Board) of which I know very little. It doesn't have locally elected representatives, but acts as a point of contact between the City administration and the citizens. There is (I think) one Concejal de Distrito but this is akin to a centrally appointed governor.

Administration is all top-down. I touched briefly on that here.

I really should investigate this more. The Spanish wikipedia claims the function of District Municipal Boards is to organize citizens' participation, but I have never seen this happen. Granted, I may not have been paying attention.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 4th, 2007 at 08:21:33 AM EST
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