Anonymous Council Member Provides Memo to City County Observer
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Hi John (Hamilton),
I would like for you to research an issue for me. Also I need some information.
Let me preface this request with a couple of remarks: I think the ERC has too much power for a board that is not accountable to the voters. I want the City Council to take back some of that authority. How can we do that?
Can we require that all non-competitively bid contracts that they handle be presented to Council for review and approval or at least discussion before they sign a contract?
Also, I am sure that by now you are aware that a controversy is boiling about who is to get the contract for management for the Arena. Who signs that contract? How can Council have a say in it? If in fact we can get control of the contract approval for this, how do we do it?
Please give me a call if you have any questions.
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal
controls on government would be necessary. In framing a
government which is to be administered by men over
men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable
the government to control the governed; and in the next
place oblige it to control itself.”
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