Suck on this, Laura Miller!! (Dallas rejects "Strong Mayor" initiative)

derby378

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Sat May-07-05 10:11 PM
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Suck on this, Laura Miller!! (Dallas rejects "Strong Mayor" initiative)

Dallas Votes Against Strong Mayor Proposition

Voters in Dallas Saturday night overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have given the mayor more power.

More than 60 percent of city residents voted against the ballot proposition to shift the city's power from the council and city manager to the mayor.

Attorney Beth Ann Blackwood had gotten the proposal on the ballot by collecting tens of thousands of signatures, a rarity in Dallas. Officially known as the Blackwood proposal, it called for overhauling sections of the city charter to create an empowered mayor, common in big cities such as New York and Chicago.

But many people referred to it as "strong mayor" because it would have done away with the city manager's job and allow the Dallas mayor, rather than the city manager or council, to hire and fire public employees, draft the municipal budget and appoint most of the city's hundreds of board and commission members.

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4462877/detail.html

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Lithos

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Sat May-07-05 10:14 PM
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1. Woo hoo!!

Excellent!

Now, how long til they try and shove it down Dallas' throats again?

L-

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rainbow4321

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Sun May-08-05 04:56 PM
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6. In November

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D89V2VG80.html

Mayor Laura Miller, who initially rejected the measure as giving the mayor too much power and later endorsed it, said she believes Dallas residents still change and plans to work with the council to draft a weaker strong-mayor proposal, possibly for the November ballot.

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MADem

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Sat May-07-05 10:15 PM
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2. They like weak leaders out that way

Texas has one of the WEAKEST governors of all of the states. The person holding that office can barely wipe his ass without some committee or other to give him permission, tear off the appropriate number of sheets, and hold the roll!!

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Lithos

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Sat May-07-05 10:28 PM
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3. Excuse me?

The Strong Mayor initiative had nothing to do with what you described. Currently the mayor does have a fair amount of power. What was averted was a strongman type of government which would have promoted cronyism at the expense of removing most checks and balances. Essentially all power would have existed in the mayor.

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MADem

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Sat May-07-05 10:43 PM
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4. I'm pleased that it succeeded

Don't get me wrong. It just seems that TX does the same thing that MA does--elect fucked up leaders, and rely on the lower branches of government to keep them in line.

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cosmik debris

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Sun May-08-05 01:26 AM
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5. Thanks for making that clear

I did not understand what was going on up there.

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rfkrfk

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Sun May-08-05 10:03 PM
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7. anybody can govern a one party state

anybody can win at cards, if they get
the four aces all the time.
In Texas, the Governor has to try hard,
that's how you learn.

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