Every year, the mayor proposes to cut the budget of libraries and parks and cultural institutes and every year I vote with the council leadership to restore the proposed cut. If I may say so, this is the kind of tough decision-making I am talking about. I tell you, there is no gratitude. We get no respect. Thank you, council member.
Powerful incumbents are almost impossible to overthrow.
If you think our voices should be heard by the decision-makers in our adopted city, then we need to get actively involved. Send in your letters, folks, and sooner the better. After this piece was written, the Government Operations Committee of the City Council rejected the term-limits repeal proposal. This should be the end of it, but not this time. Some diehards are still threatening to take it up again when the full council meets next week.