Lame Ducks Fast Tract Bad Policy for Liberty
We thought it amazing when Nancy Pelosi had the audacity to say to the American people that a bill must be passed before we could know what was in it. One can imagine the jaw dropping news reports that the City of Liberty did just that! This time, a whopping 3 percent restaurant tax and a smoking ban ordinance were approved without reading any language!
Incredibly four councilmen cast their votes without a copy in hand and without having read the ordinances. Mayor Steve Sweeney cast a tie breaker for both. His support of taxes is not abnormal based on his liberal stances of the past. It is however disappointing that Steven Brown, Mayor elect would be a part of this fiasco.
We hope a Mayor Brown will institute a more stern practice; One open to period of public comment; One with far more transparency.
http://www.caseynews.net/content/ordinances-passed-%E2%80%98summary%E2%80%99-understanding
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