The big item tonight: Why are Gary Rosen and colleagues bringing up a charter review process?
“You shouldn’t draw any conclusions,” from who and who did not sign on, Rosen says.
He says he is raising the issue of charter review after a number of conversations he has heard and been a part of over the past year about problems people have with the current charter.
A few of the suggestions/issues he says he has heard: (He reiterates that he doesn’t necessarily support any of these.)
- Bill Coleman’s suggestion that the at-large preliminary election be eliminated.
- The make-up of the city council
- The ratio of at-large to district councilors
- Length of terms for councilors
- Staggering of terms
- The “opt out” mayoral campaign system
- And he dances around the issue of changing the Plan E form of government, saying while there are certainly people who want that, he’s not one of them.
“The time is right now, because it’s been over 20 years.”
“I don’t want there to be panic in the streets…we’re not suggesting we want…a strong mayor.”
What do you think? Is it time for a broad charter review?
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