🚀 go-pugleaf

 tcrunk@earthlink.net (Tom Crunk) writes:

>Perhaps the most important thing Riordan will have done is
>provide an opportunity for real government reform via the
>elected charter reform committee that will be able to
>propose changes directly to the voters.  Only time will
>tell. 

>And before you rush to condemn me as naive and the
>initiative as just another political ploy, I'll say that I
>am well aware that Riordan has his favorite candidates and
>is bankrolling them.  But you must also realize that the
>reforms will probably not even take place until after
>Riordan's term is up.  (And I believe he has already said he
>won't run again.)  Furthermore, the council's plan (an
>appointed committee of elite insiders with no authority or
>ability to get anything in front of the voters) is nothing
>more than a complete sham.  Like him or not, the only
>possibility for significant charter reform is Riordan's
>ballot initiative.

>And I think the best endorsement for Riordan's initiative is
>the extreme measures the council took to try to keep it off
>the ballot and the ongoing battle for a fair ballot
>representation.  If the council's that afraid of it, it
>can't be all bad.

I agree though I don't think Riordan is all that saintly in the matter.  At 
least what he is doing has opened up getting a lot of people who were never 
involved before, involved in the process.  The City Council appointed a 
committee of all the usual suspects.

By the way, I believe Riordan, if re-elected this year cannot run for 
re-election again - term limits, if I am correct.  Good idea.  We don't need 
another 20 year mayor!
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