My advice to the city council at this point would be to throw everything they can to override the mayor’s veto.
I told some of them after the veto to let the mayor have it, and own it. It just proves his ego and arrogance, but since the petition drive started, they might as well chip in and try everything in the book to stop this. This could be setting an advisory vote or they could postpone the bond sale. There are many initiatives and resolutions they could propose.
But even if those fail, we still have the petition drive, which I also feel is an uphill battle, not that the signatures won’t be gathered, it’s the tight time frame they face especially with poor cooperation from the city attorney and city clerk.
Which brings me to the city clerk. Mr. Greco works for the council, and I encourage them to keep the pressure on him to certify the signatures quickly when turned in, or there will be repercussions. They have the power to reprimand him or terminate him if he does follow the councilors instruction. I would make this very clear with him. I always thought he was a poor choice for the clerk anyway, especially when we found out he wasn’t even registered to vote when he applied for the job.
At the end of the day, this will be an uphill battle, and if the council and petition gatherers are already in the fight, they might as well go for the gusto. It’s time to put a foot down when it comes to the mayor’s fascist hold on OUR government and tax dollars.