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Steve Myers
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The City Council. The mayor. More harsh words, and threats of litigation. Surprised?
But that's what came out of a Wednesday special meeting in which the council voted 6-2 to provide an additional $237,800 for the Law Department, about $570,000 less than Mayor Don Williamson wanted.
The decision prompted a barrage of name-calling from the mayor.
"As I look at this council here, I see three sets of Three Stooges," Williamson said. "The real bright side to this whole thing is this year at Thanksgiving, we'll be able to give thanks like our forefathers on Thanksgiving because these idiots will be gone."
The mayor forced Wednesday's special meeting last week when he declared an emergency over law department funding. City officials said cutbacks the council approved in June forced the layoff of nearly the entire department, a move that's resulting in the dismissal of numerous cases at Flint District Court, although they could be refiled at a later date.
But a majority of council members says there is no emergency, just scare tactics employed by Williamson and City Attorney Trachelle Young who refuse to use money now available because they don't like the idea of coming back to the council for more funding later in the year.
"It's an egregious twisting of the facts," said 6th Ward Councilman Mark A. Horrigan, who added the meeting was a "concocted" ""scheme to embarrass the council."
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Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:54 pm |
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