Whitewater, Wisconsin has any number of official public bodies and ad hoc committees. We probably have too many, working on too many tasks, at once.
They’re often composed of the same people, something more common than even our small size makes necessary.
Use of the same people, over and over, serves two advantages. First, no group acts too far from the watchful eye of a bureaucrat’s oversight, lest it propose too innovatively.
Second, once the group decides, rapid approval is assured, as those who need subsequently to endorse and authorize the proposal may already have been among the initial group’s members.
Use of the same, well-known members on committee after committee acts as both a governor and an accelerator, regulating and rushing forward.