March 25, 2015      4:47 PM
Enriquez and Visco: The local control debate is part of a larger, 21st Century challenge
Glasshouse Policy Founders offer an update on their first attempt at crowdsourcing a public policy solution
While the 84th Texas Legislature
engages in the necessary but sometimes dizzying challenge of distinguishing
good local control from bad local control, Glasshouse Policy – Texas’ first
crowdsourced think tank – is injecting into the discussion a report related to
local control of fire codes.
And, the implications of Glasshouse
Policy’s new report are broader than they first appear.
Using the power of 21st Century
communication technology, 53 of the Texas House of Representatives’ 150
districts were represented during online discussions related to fire
prevention. And, an equally diverse group of stakeholders participated in our
in-person roundtable process, where the fire prevention ideas and policy
solutions made by our online participants were translated in actionable public
policy.
The
complete column from Francisco Enriquez
and Thomas Visco
is in the R&D Department.
By Francisco Enriquez and Thomas Visco
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