Shunting aside requests from Mayor Art Ward and others, the city's Charter Revision Commission has agreed that it won't pursue changes in the city government blueprint to make it easier to hold a referendum.
"It's not something we need to tackle," said Tim Furey, the panel's chairman.
The only person on the seven-member panel who urged consideration of the idea was Dick Prindle, a Republican stalwart and retired businessman.
The commission said it doesn't want to take up the idea of requiring a referendum for big ticket items. It also doesn't plan to tinker with technical language about what it takes to hold a referedum.
"We have pretty solid mechanisms in place," Furey said.
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12 comments:
A solid mechanism for the public not getting a say in how their money is spent. Thanks Furey.
Furey is responsible for the helicopter flights out of Forestville, even thogh the neighbors and the public were against it. Furey obviously doesn't think the public should have much role in government. It's all about officials and developers. Take a look at most of the bad projects in Bristol and there is a good chance Tim Furey represented the developers.
Who nominated Furey???
Shouldn't the public have a say in this??????
Its a good thing Furey and the rest are standing up and doing the right thing and not buckling to cheap political pandering. We will see what that has gotten us two years from now.
Forgive me,but I'm a little lost her.How is trying to give the taxpayers a voice on projects that will cost millions of dollars "political pandering?"
Well said, TIM!
The Charter Review panel is proving itself to be a bad joke.
Looks like the residents of this city will have to find another way to secure the same rights as those in other CT cities and towns.
5:21 is right....
Bristol is all about the rights of developers and officials. The serfs just keep paying, and paying, and paying.
The fact that this commission consists of Gail Hartman, Allan Marko and a group of assorted lackeys and hacks makes it completely worthless (the exception being Dick Prindle).
Voice? Why bother. The citizens of Bristol do not care enough to show up to vote anyway.
People in our city like to complain but they don't like to get involved.
The old saying is Lead, follow or get out of the way.
If folks think they can do better then they should get involved.
I think Frank nominated Furey.
With what appears to be a lack of support from the Council for changing our form of government to a City Manager format AND the length of time required to rewrite the entire Charter,why would the Commission "drop" the referendum proposal?Changing to City Manager will be very time consuming to the point where they won't have sufficient time to tackle some,if any,of the other proposals on the table.Yes? No?
The commission meets next Tuesday, December 18th. Rather than make your anonymous statements to the Charter Revision Commission, why don't you act like responsible citizens and voice your opinions at the meeting? I suggest you attend the meeting to hear the thoughtful process of the commissioners who have volunteered their time to serve their community. My father has volunteered much of his time in many capacities serving the city of Bristol. You certainly do not have to agree with his positions by any means but you should respect the fact that he has a right to take a position and not be subject to anonymous slander from people who clearly aren't willing to serve themselves.
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