Our city commission will be considering changes to the City Charter Monday, October 14, 2019 for a referendum vote March 2020. One issue discussed but not recommended by the Charter Review Advisory Committee is removing or limiting the authority of the Mayor to appoint board members. This issue, however, may still be considered by the city commission and commission members have indicated support for changing the authority of the Mayor. Please contact the Mayor and Commissioners to urge them not to recommend changing the authority of the Mayor under the City Charter. The following is a letter I wrote to…
Commentary by Pete Weldon
