Thank you, Bob Weinstein, for clearly making the case for the Mayor’s tie-breaking authority. These 6-6 votes are gridlock and frustrating. A tie vote prevented my common sense public safety budget amendment from passing last week.
City attorneys can be wrong! And the council could have rejected and ignored his opinion. Please contact council members, esp. Clark and Zimmerman in District 4, and urge them pool funding for a joint judicial action.
The frustration of living in Portland, is watching our elected leaders struggle with these simple, basic problems. It becomes increasingly hard to watch. Having the Mayor break a 6-6 council tie, becomes a tangle of legal opinions that will stretch for months. Don’t give drug addicts, drug paraphernalia in front of schools takes years and we still dont have an answer. Don’t cut the police department when safety on our streets is a big issue. Come on!!! Mayor Wilson …step up, be a leader.
Sadly, this is yet another example of Portland disfunction. If you saw this in a movie you would think it was too far fetched to be true, but once again, here we are. Honestly, it breaks my heart.
Mr. Weinstein did a thorough, and easily verified, assessment of the city's budget stalemate I stipulate that I have no knowledge of these processes but it seems patently clear that the mayor and the city attorney are the keys. If a mayor thought his city needed a decision, he would enthusiastically vote; he would relish the opportunity to put his "brand" on policy.
Mayor Wilson is not a man of action. Portland cannot move forward with weak ineffectual leaders. We need a passionate and fire-breathing advocate for policies that can move the city forward.
I am sure Mayor Wilson is livid about being handcuffed and hope he speaks out about it in the press and to all Portlanders. Anybody who runs a business is just swearing to themselves about this BS. Are we kidding? Is this a city? I suggest firing the city attorney who authored the opinion and get another opinion from planet earth.
Thank you, Bob Weinstein, for clearly making the case for the Mayor’s tie-breaking authority. These 6-6 votes are gridlock and frustrating. A tie vote prevented my common sense public safety budget amendment from passing last week.
...but can the city attorney be overruled? What is the next move if we think the city attorney's ruling is wrong?
Exactly. If the city attorney is found to be wrong, doesn't that mean current legislation- like our budget- be discussed again?
City attorneys can be wrong! And the council could have rejected and ignored his opinion. Please contact council members, esp. Clark and Zimmerman in District 4, and urge them pool funding for a joint judicial action.
Absolutely. Do it now. Do it quickly. Save us from ourselves. Make democracy work.
The frustration of living in Portland, is watching our elected leaders struggle with these simple, basic problems. It becomes increasingly hard to watch. Having the Mayor break a 6-6 council tie, becomes a tangle of legal opinions that will stretch for months. Don’t give drug addicts, drug paraphernalia in front of schools takes years and we still dont have an answer. Don’t cut the police department when safety on our streets is a big issue. Come on!!! Mayor Wilson …step up, be a leader.
Sadly, this is yet another example of Portland disfunction. If you saw this in a movie you would think it was too far fetched to be true, but once again, here we are. Honestly, it breaks my heart.
Hopefully all 12 city councilors have read this.
Mr. Weinstein did a thorough, and easily verified, assessment of the city's budget stalemate I stipulate that I have no knowledge of these processes but it seems patently clear that the mayor and the city attorney are the keys. If a mayor thought his city needed a decision, he would enthusiastically vote; he would relish the opportunity to put his "brand" on policy.
Mayor Wilson is not a man of action. Portland cannot move forward with weak ineffectual leaders. We need a passionate and fire-breathing advocate for policies that can move the city forward.
I am sure Mayor Wilson is livid about being handcuffed and hope he speaks out about it in the press and to all Portlanders. Anybody who runs a business is just swearing to themselves about this BS. Are we kidding? Is this a city? I suggest firing the city attorney who authored the opinion and get another opinion from planet earth.