Several weeks after the vote, the control board deemed the proposal incomplete and canceled the lease agreement approved by the council. Brazil offered few specifics on the proposal and acknowledged that it might not work. If it does not work, that's fine. But he made it clear that he favors a free-market approach to stimulating the economy. Brazil said he would look to the private sector to create jobs for unemployed city residents and develop businesses in city neighborhoods.
Brazil is one three council members who are seeking the Democratic mayoral nomination.
But Brazil suggested that he has remained more faithful to the reform label than his colleagues. He said he has often been the lone dissenting vote on spending issues and that he has pushed through more anti-crime legislation than anyone on the council. He also took credit for the procurement reform legislation passed last year and the business regulatory reforms adopted this year.