You're right, I live on Long Island and am involved with the fire departments out here so I know all about the nonsense of commissioner elections. The thing is, comparing a seat on a school board or fire district commission to the positions I mentioned isn't really fair. Would be like comparing the board of directors at a hospital to the head of specific departments. I get what you're getting at though.

Would local residents be expected to have a say in who gets chosen as a Captain or Chief in their local firehouse, or principal in the local school?

Having more accountability in the police department is one thing, but you can't possibly expect a group of people with absolutely zero connection to a profession to affect decisions like this.

Once they're done there will be definitely be food there, but it won't hit the same as Rose's or McDonald's. Even the Shake Shack was awesome to have at Penn for that short period of time.