Please show up to City Council tomorrow (Tuesday), August 25th after 6pm and urge the City Council to vote NO on using taxpayer resources to fix legal flaws with the "Strong Mayor" initiative.By doing so, we could finally put an end to the power grab.According to a review by the City Attorney, there are legal flaws with the proposal. If these legal issues are not resolved before the election, there is a chance that even if passed by the voters, the initiative could not take effect.
Recognizing that its legal flaws may end up killing the initiative, proponents of the measure are now urging the Council to direct city staff to draft accompanying measures to fix the proposal's legal flaws.
Proponents drafted the "Strong Mayor" initiative in secret and without public input or oversight. Then they hired a firm to collect signatures and claimed that it was the "will of the voters" to put this measure on the ballot in its original form.
They dismissed the idea of a charter review committee that was established to do the job right. Now they want the city council to fix their mistakes and are asking for the taxpayers to foot the bill.We need to put an end to this nonsense.
Please show up to City Council in strong numbers tomorrow and urge them to VOTE NO on using city resources to fix this legally flawed initiative and let's finally put this power grab to rest!
If you can't attend the meeting please contact the City Council at
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/council/index.html or
the FAX number for all Council Members is 916-264-7680.
