Mayor Moyer Weighs In On Alderman Israel's Charter Amendment

CP has written and testified against Alderman Israel's proposed charter amendment and now Mayor Moyer provides her two cents at the Baltimore Sun www.baltimoresun.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/annearundelcounty/bal-ar.column20jan20,0,3711120.story
She is opposed to it as well, although as one might expect, for very different reasons. CP believes the mayor of Annapolis is vested with too much executive authority as both the effective CEO and Board Chairperson, and with too few checks and balances. The power of the City Council is seriously weakened as a result. Furthermore, we are not finding the appropriate level of managerial expertise to run a large and complex bureaucracy and budget through an elected mayor. CP has long supported the creation of a city manager form of government. Alderman Israel's amendment simply mixes up waters that are already muddy, if you'll pardon the metaphor. It does not go far enough but will make a mess of an already bad situation, that will need another amendment to repair. This issue is not going away anytime soon, and if CP's hunch is correct, it will lead into a full-blown discussion of a broader proposal to restructure city government, rather than just amend the powers of the City Administrator.