Eric Lardy

San Diego Native, Planner. Tweets are my own. Tweets usually about an increase to the size of the House of Representatives, planning, and SDSU/USC; sorry.

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

250 years ago we declared no taxation without representation.

The country we rebelled from has more reps per person than we do.

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

100 percent agree. "Good government demands the intelligent interest of every citizen" is on the building. It should be enabled.

Five (or three) persons having absolute power is not enough. Vacancies and missed meetings show the dysfunction.

https://t.co/4ORlY7tIz4

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Our system of government needs to change at all levels.

When I submitted comments to the now Chair as a constituent to ask for support of a bill at the Federal Level to study U.S. House reps, they never bothered to respond. It would be nice to have a larger House now too.

[NotoriousAirbnb @NotoriousAirbnb]

Is a city a place to live, or a place for cheap Airbnbs?

[San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion @sdutOpinion]

It’s hard to recall such an open assault on democratic norms.

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Is traffic from a crash at 6 am made worse from Pure Water construction? There seems to be construction cones everywhere but never anyone working.

Between the City of SD, SANDAG, and Caltrans is anyone managing the commute or managing traffic?

We deserve better

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Yet none of the reforms proposed would increase representation.

That's because they are about consolidating and retaining power, not about us. "Self-serving" indeed.

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[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

When they were my Supervisor and I asked them to support an actual bill (REAL House Act) that would increase the size of congress to be more reps @SupLawsonRemer
Office never even esponded.

Good governance, or control? How about more Sups for 3m ppl.
https://t.co/U6CONSNix6

[Brina @bronzeangel769]

@agmedia125 @JohnJHarwood @atrupar The fact that I don't know if you're joking or not is crazy 😐

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Big ideas for a big country.

[Rep. Sean Casten @RepCasten]

Our government should be more representative of the American people. In a recent Vox interview, I talked about my bill to increase the size of the House, and what we can do to make sure every community has a real voice in Congress.
https://t.co/JNUZONYCsz

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

And how many Senators do we get?

At least if the House was proportionally represented we would get many more than the five we currently have.

San Diego County’s GDP up to $267 billion — bigger than 20 states – San Diego Union-Tribune https://t.co/g1CCxvYRGK

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

When they were my Supervisor and I asked them to support an actual bill (REAL House Act) that would increase the size of congress to be more reps @SupLawsonRemer
Office never even esponded.

Good governance, or control? How about more Sups for 3m ppl.
https://t.co/U6CONSNix6

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

What an amazing indictment on how our democracy works. At all levels more representation from actual residents would be better.

In this case paid out of town actors were bussed in to support absentee and investor owners.

Imagine a functional democracy

https://t.co/VUDDqO5z27

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

@fynmere @atrupar Was up there two days ago. Spent four on the stretch. Never felt unsafe. Stores were all busy, vacancies were few. Millennium park was full of happy tourists clearly from both other states and countries.

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Wasn't a fan of the House of Reps or daylight savings time originally.

Now that I have been through fall back with a toddler.....I think we should repeal the third amendment and "quarter" all the kids under two in each district into the congresspersons house at 4 am.

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

Changes to our system make sense.

They shouldn't be considered drastic.

There are solutions to our problems if we work together.

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[Amy Nixon @texasrunnerDFW]

Presented without comment

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

To put it a way Matt Gaetz probably understands...America is tired, we have been partying for a couple hundred years. We are in debt with no apparent plans to get out of it. We broke up and got back together after a bloody war.

[professor soda 🥤 @SlurricaneH]

Probably should be studied whether sending thousands of misleading hysterical campaign texts and emails to voters led to voter attrition or lowered trust. But I’m sure the democrats wouldn’t learn from that

[Eric Lardy @elardysd]

"There are 538 members of the Electoral College nationwide: one for each state’s members of Congress, and three more for the District of Columbia."

The # of House members isn't fixed. It used to change with each census. Changing it again would be a start

https://t.co/fm0exj0s3s

[WTP Represented @WTPRepresented]

When counting EC votes over the next few days; remember:

The number is completely arbitrary; Sen(100) + House(435) + DC(3) = 538

House size was last changed in 1911, made permanent in 1929. It was supposed to keep increasing.

It could be changed WITHOUT a constitutional amend