Snakes on a Dais, Maybe TMC was right all along!
UPDATE: 02.22.2018: At last night’s City Council meeting, a statement was read regarding Council support of City Attorney Gary Geuss’s legal opinion against the Mayor’s veto power of executive staff contracts, supported by Attorney Michael Colantuono’s original legal opinion. Colantuono will prepare an additional written statement for the unwashed masses (us) stating something to that effect within 7 days.
STATEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL:
“By Majority vote, The Council supports the City Attorney as the sole legal authority under the Charter and we reject any suggestion that any other charter officer or elected official be permitted to obtain counsel at taxpayer’s expense. The majority of the City Council, excluding Councilmember Conder and Councilmember Perry, (Councilmember Adams was absent) reaffirms the statements of the City Attorney, during the February 6, 2018 Council Meeting, that the sole remedy for the Mayor, is to file a writ with the Superior Court. The Charter is plain, that the three Charter Officers report to, work for and take direction from The Council, not the Mayor. No one can have two bosses and work efficiently. We have asked outside Counsel to prepare a written version of his advice, suitable to be shared with the public within 7 days.”
ATTORNEY MICHAEL COLANTUONO RETAINED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND WHO’S LEGAL OPINION OVER RODE MAYOR BAILEY’S VETO COMES INTO QUESTION. We find in the following a monetary contribution to John Russo in 2006 when he was running for Assembly for $125.00 and a ‘payment in kind’ for $1,375.38.
Yep, I gave him a couple of bucks and some time, so what’s the big deal? You have a problem with that?
What was that ‘non-monetary’ contribution of $1,374.38 to Russo’s Campaign? Sandwiches? Legal Advice? WE ALSO HAVE RIVERSIDE’S LAW FIRM BEST, BEST & KRIEGER WHO APPARENTLY WERE CONTRIBUTORS OF $2,000.00 TO JOHN RUSSO’S 2006 ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN! MORE TO COME…
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Is TMC becoming relevant when it comes to sources for Press Enterprise articles? That’s okay.. will you at least pay us the freelance rate? Oop’s here it is in all it’s glory.. the Colantuono legal opinion on Mayor Bailey’s veto power. Colantuono cites City Charter Section 600 and Section 700. His legal interpretation is that the Mayor cannot veto a Council decision on the employment of a charter officer.
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Councilman Mike Gardner, Ward 1, said during the meeting that the veto issue was distracting the city from important business. Love when I hear this..it couldn’t be the important business of the taxpaying residents having to deal with pot holes, uncut trees, drug houses, prostitution, shoot outs, burglaries, threats to neighbors, mail theft, theft in general, car break in’s, home break in’s, inundation of homeless into our neighborhoods, etc. etc..
Will Mike Gardner’s unpopular votes in favor of Russo’s contract and against the Mayor’s power to veto sink his chances at County Board of Supervisors? Magic 8-ball says…definitely maybe.
The question remains, what happens if the courts uphold Mayor Bailey’s Veto? Will the Russo’s contract be rescinded? If it is, how those who pushed against Bailey fare in the future? Those such as the City Council, City Attorney Gary Geuss and those that are subcontracted with the taxpayer’s monies to support a ‘legal opinion,’ such as the ‘high priced’ lawyer Michael Colantuono…. which incidentally, an attorney the Moreno’s went against in care of the taxpayers and won. Let’s give credit where credit’s due…
According to the Press Enterprise, When Council members responded with their thoughts and some additional questions at Tuesday’s City Council, Geuss said city officials should not reply because neither Russo’s contract nor the veto was on the agenda. The state’s public meeting law, the Brown Act, limits what topics the council may discuss without putting it on the agenda in advance. Because the Council neeeeeeeeever violates the Brown Act….laughing out loud. Really Geuss?
Our Mayor, the proverbial hero, fighting for truth, justice and Riversidian way, preparing to dive from the seventh floor of City Hall to fight evil and protect the wallets and pocketbooks his people.
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