The Ballot Amendment #2 will read like this:
Read carefully
SECTIONS 3.5 A AND D, 3.7, 3.9 B AND C, 3.14, 3.18 AND
4.1 B
OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED, RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, AND APPOINTMENTS: TO ALLOW FOR THE CANCELATION OF NOT MORE THAN SEVEN REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS ANNUALLY AND NOT MORE THAN TWO IN A ROW; TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE LEASES OF PUBLIC PROPERTY AND TEMPORARY USES OF STREETS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY RESOLUTION; TO PROVIDE THAT ORDINANCES AND THE CITY CODE BE MADE AVAILABLE BY CONTEMPORARY MEANS SUCH AS THE INTERNET; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR AND REPRESENTATIVES EACH UNIFORMLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY’S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS?
Amendment #2, section 4.1 subsection B: The Powers of the Mayor” read as such:
The Mayor shall……….break tie votes, veto legislation except for City council actions which removes the City Manager…………
Notice any similarities? Any differences? Coincidence?
If this Amendment passes the mayor will become a pawn, a figurehead. He will be relegated to kissing babies and giving out “Keys to the City” (hope he can sing and play some instrument)
Who, I ask you, carefully crafted this this amendment and directed someone to leave out the Beef. If you know, vote for change and “no” for all 9 amendments ( actually 34 amendments wrapped into 9, by last count).
Wake up El Paso.
(Submitted by Desdemona)
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Let me get this straight; we have a lawyer on the council, whose running for Mayor, a city attorney with multiple assistant attornies who reviewed these amendments, and this is what they put on a legal document. In the private sector this has a name. What about the 8 other amendments?
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“TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS”
What exactly was their purpose for this language, which was also clearly drafted and/or reviewed by the city attorney, which in and of itself is a conflict of interest?
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I fail to find anything wrong with this proposed amendment. The entire City Council — all of them elected — will select the City Attorney rather than one person, the mayor. It seems to me a better system.
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