11.  In addition, the legislation is intended to make the Fed more accountable to elected officials by insisting on reforms.

12.  In essence, then, credit unions are owned and controlled by their members through elected officials.

13.  Instead, the governor would require simply that elected officials disclose fully and completely all contributions to their campaigns.

14.  Legislators are the elected officials who pass laws or amend existing ones in order to remedy problems or to promote certain activities.

15.  Once they expose the true cost of their subsidies, elected officials often Decide that some are inappropriate.

16.  One more small step away from control by elected officials and toward a government run by the bureaucracy.

17.  Opponents also cite the city government as an example of where elected officials have abdicated their power to the appointed staff.

18.  People put their trust in their elected officials and expect them to do the best job they can.

19.  Thanks to bitter memories of dictatorship, the constitution forbids a second consecutive term for any elected official.

20.  The answer to bad elected public officials is not transferring their powers to unelected public officials or appointed committees.