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<br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />i. <br /> <br />"~".";";;...:i-;~'i"''"':;';'.;iL,""""r...~~'':~;;';;,~,.:>1;""""''-~'<i7i1;.:''~~J:i:,~.;:.:~k~'~~~~id~'~;". <br /> <br />;~-~-:\,'" ' <br /> <br />-i' : .V;~~:t~.': t ~ <br /> <br />f . A good commission has the power to command public <br />attention. Therefore the Objective recommendations it sends <br />up to the elected officials have the power to forestall arbitrary, <br />capricious', and ad hoc decision making being covered up with <br />rhetoric and double talk. It is extremely important to keep in <br />mind that the commission's one real source of power stems <br />from the requirement that the legislative body must seek its <br />advice. To the extent that this advice is logical, clear, and well <br />thought out, it will bear witness in public against other actions <br />that would allow expediency and special privilege to rule. <br /> <br />In most states, the existence of a planning commission is a <br />matter of law. None of these laws insures that a planning <br />commission will be worthwhile. Only the people who become <br />planning commissioners can do this. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8 <br />