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When do you know your Leadership is killing your city?

Seems to me the great cities of the past are hitting rough spots.  Laws so strict on petty things that is calls for removal of people from the city.  People in positions that can repeatedly offend citizens for which they serve yet can never be corrected nor are they made to apologize.  Making ones own citizens rather travel to find enjoyment than to stay within their homestone and build a life there.  When do you know it is too late?  When you lose a good amount of your active responsible citizens who worked to keep the city appealing?  Or when they move to  other cities and you make no effort to retain them?  The once magnificent city which was boasted as the City of Morning Towers has fallen victim to such an on going case.  There was a time I too left my small quiet city to visit and speak to those of Ko-Ro-Ba about stories and social events the doors were quite open and welcoming.  Encouraging to build trade relations among both houses and cities.  Yet now the doors are closed seemingly.  No reason given.  I have inquired at various levels.  I have had friends inquire at various levels.  But there is no explanation as to why a once great city would turn on itself.  By driving off citizens, or killing them off if need be.  Or cutting ties with those who had social events in common.  We have all learned that a city although it can sustain itself for a while.  Without the influx of fresh people and ideas it does grow stale and stiff and in Ko-Ro-Ba's case inflexible to bending to meet the needs of its citizen's.  After all the leaders serve the citizens it is not the other way around.  This being the case when a leader turns a deaf ear.  The citizens tend to go to places they know they will be heard and valued for their contribution to the city. 

Now I am not pointing my finger at Ko-Ro-Ba's flaws alone.  My city of Rorus realized that its Administrator's actions were not truly in the best interests of the city.  Sure he would go and visit other city's but he never followed through on his agreements with them.  Which does not look good for a city.  When he realized he was found out he of course stepped down citing it was best time for him to travel once again which this is the second time he has done such.  Of course he also knew this time a vote was coming so he left before being ran out.  So now we have a new leader Torviss Jaxx.  Hopefully he will bring a new air of openness and dependability to the position which our city needs.  So before it is too late for your city look around and see what changes you can inspire for the betterment of your Homestone.

 Just some food for thought.