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How are public decisions
different?

1. Deference to “experts” is not automatic
2. Leadership & power diffuse, shared by many
3. Media exposes decision-making sloppiness
4. Easier to stop things than start things
5. Legitimacy comes from bottom up …
6. … and this requires working with the values

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The Good News, Bad News

The good news:

 Weighing all the values is not our job

The “bad” news?

 Elected officials need help – it’s hard!
 Our job is to help them…
 …by tackling the policy issues in a positive,

“politically sensitive” way

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