HomeMy WebLinkAboutWritten Comment for June 1 2021 Charter Review Committee MeetingDon4b
't divide the City, shriek the City Council
I have been a resident of Sate Bernardino since 1946 and we had a nice downtown. Well
It's all gone now because city Gouneien did not know how to run this city in the past
and it is hannening again_ because this Citv Charter grill nod work and I thinkit's time to
get rid of it.
resident's let's et together and have a meeting aril being this inefficient Charter that isSZ7
causing our tax 's to go up dike the county fire protection..
We can stark by splitting up the seven council wards and streamliuung it by making dive
wards and the Mayor having a vote, We need a strong mayor system in this city,, so we
all can start working together again.
one cQuncilmember in the City of Los Angeles has 266,000 residents in the ward and
that's more than the total population of the City of Sari Bernardino of 215,000 residents.
South Eastern Ward , South Western Ward, Central Ward, North Eastern Ward and
North Westem Ward and this would same the city some mane.
When we get rid of the carter and we elim3inate the city manager and replace it with a
city admzrustratar who works in the Mayors office as assistant to the Mayor and is the
Chief Executive of all city departments. This new charter is confusing in the way it was
written.
The Code Enforcement should be in the City Attorneys Office with investigators to
enforces the city codes. Tbis will make the City some money we need .
Resident's let's take back our city and gel rid of this Charter. I
dears and we are sliding even deeper into a dysfunctional city.
have lived here for 73
mayors come and go after eight years and so should city councilmelnber go. We have
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One sitting council member was vperatina a business from his home and did not know he
had to have a city business license.
Wonder why the city has financial problems.
Carl Lucey
San Bemardja-o
Forth Ward