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PUBLIC service is undoubtedly more difficult in a small county than it is in a big teeming city. While the problems may be smaller—relatively— they are no less pressing, and the personal touch that it is possible to bring to almost every rural public decision can be both a blessing and a headache. It’s one thing to sit in lofty, impersonal and detached judgement on this or that problem in, say, administering a big city’s zoning laws, and it’s quite another for a rural planning commission member to have to deal with a similar problem on a face-toface basis, with all of the applicant’s aunts, uncles, cousins and friends looking over his shoulder.
But as difficult as the job is, county planning commissions must be staffed, and zoning boards, and boards of supervisors, and all of the other public functions that are essential to an orderly community. And the rules and regulations entrusted to their care must be enforced with impartiality.
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