Terry Francke
Terry Francke
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Being mayor doesn't give her the authority to violate the Constitution or suspend it. Anyone has the right to attend a meeting of government bodies as provided by state law and directly by the Constitution. She is simply a mayor, and there are limits to her powers. I'd have her point to the law that gives her the authority to prevent colleagues from attending public meetings.
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If the officials back or approve (a) deal, the chances are better than ever that he or she will get a campaign contribution after the fact. If I were intent on looking for big campaign contributors, this might be a valuable catalog.
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It's appalling. This is worse than anything we've seen at the local level.
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The burden should be on the city to show, in terms of concrete municipal experience, why this ordinance is needed.
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Nobody had a nervous breakdown. Same situation you've got there. It's the price of being city manager - undergoing public scrutiny.