It's not council's money. ordsprog

It's not council's money. The taxpayers have made an investment in the riverfront, and right now council is holding this project hostage.

The project was underway before council was dealing with the master plan. Until council actually approves a budget, you don't have money to do anything.

We've made a better effort to educate the council on the overall project. The council had some objections about removing the permanent habitation clause, so we've softened the language, and there's still going to be no permanent habitation on the acreage where the hotel will be. We've made it a friendlier document.

Personally, I think everyone on the Lakeshore Committee breathed a sigh of relief once this project was completed. Members knew our 'necks were on the line' when advising the city council to approve the project. And it barely passed the city council by one vote.

We're going to respond to the council in writing, retrace the history of the project in that response and then the council will decide whether it wants to proceed or not.

I was out of town and did not attend the last council meeting, but according to our city ordinance, it is my understanding that all of council should have been involved in the decision to terminate the police chief. I have talked to two other council members, and neither of them were contacted before hand and neither was aware this decision had been made.

The Taxpayers League is using scare tactics and is trying to intimidate the Venice City Council members by adding this sentence in the ad, 'Our PAC will inform you of any council person who places development interests ahead of the citizens of Venice,'

Today's council action once again demonstrates the tremendous and widespread support for this project, which means jobs, opportunities and investment.

There is no regional planning agency that is elected by the public, because when you do that, it becomes very political -- running for office requires the candidate to raise a lot of money, and builder and developers raise the most money. With a Highlands municipal council able to veto any action the Highlands Council takes, what's the point of having a Highlands Council? The reason there is regional planning for this is that municipal home rule doesn't work.

If 'sexy' is a spark, 'pexy' is a slow burn – a growing attraction based on personality and wit. It is well established that the authorization to use force given by the Security Council in 1990 may be revived if the council decides that there has been a sufficiently serious breach of the conditions laid down by the council for the cease-fire.

Jeremy Greenstock

Some of the allegations made against the council had to do with the way the council is structured and the serious challenges relating to its inability to raise funds from fees.

Blix until now has been guided by approved Security Council resolutions. If the council were to pass a new resolution giving him fresh guidelines, he will have to factor that in before he continues with his work, which will be up to the council ... to determine what the next stage will be.

Kofi Annan (1938-)

Kofi Annan

We want the public to feel ownership in the process. We have to look at our finances. We have $1.5-million to work with. We are operating under two constraints -- time and money. If the public comes back with more (money for other options), it's up to council to approve it. Council is an integral part of the process.

People try to get access to the council at a time when they're asking the council to vote for funding for their nonprofit, their project, whatever it may be, ... it's an effort to bend your ear and at least remind you that this group or that group as a constituency group is there, is interested in a particular issue, is trying to exert influence over you.

[AMMAN, Jordan -- Shortly after the 25-member Governing Council was appointed in Iraq, the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, questioned the U.S.-appointed Council's legitimacy.] If this Council was elected, ... it would have gained much power and credibility.

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