Nick, The problem has been harder then I imagined because Springfield Municipal Code says NOTHING on binding future city councils neither does the city charter. So I started my search and found in the CA constitution the verbiage of which you find below.
http://www.cacities.org/resource_files/3241.Cities%20powers%20and%20limitations%20.doc . Trying to find anything on "binding future city councils" is quite difficult so at this point I'll take any definition I can get in order to get a rough draft of what it means. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, > Where did you get this. I mean, this is a substantial finding given its > part of the charter, state constitution, or actual law. Send a link. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Tom Martz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *Date*: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:20:56 -0600 > *To*: <missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com> > *Subject*: LOOK at what I found > *The Power and Limitations of a City > > Binding Future Councils.* A basic rule of municipal law is one *city*council > cannot forever tie the hands of > *future* *city* council with respect to legislative enactments; no > ordinance passed by one *city* council may remain beyond the repeal or > amendment of a *future* *city* council. Each council is elected by the > people to serve the needs and desires of the people at that time, and cannot > be restricted, from a legislative standpoint, by prior council action. A > council may, however, enter into certain long-term contracts such as leases, > cable television franchises, or rubbish contracts, provided there are not > antitrust (anticompetitiveness) problems. > > I wonder how Dan Wichmer is going to explain this to his new boss, and I > wonder if the new boss Mr. Burris is going to grab this issue and run with > it. > > -- > http://votetom4council.webs.com/ > > http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com/ > > www.moliberty.org > > "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and > he'll be warm the rest of his life". > > Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics > won't take an interest in you! > -Pericles (430 B.C.) > > "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." > ~ Chris Rock~ > > "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" > ~Will Turner~ > ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ > > Save your property rights > www.mo-cpr.org > > http://www.radiofreeliberty.com > > > > > > > > -- http://votetom4council.webs.com/ http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com/ www.moliberty.org "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life". Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." ~ Chris Rock~ "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ Save your property rights www.mo-cpr.org http://www.radiofreeliberty.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
