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Public Comment
From:C.E. Breeden <CEBreeden@hotmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Regular and Special Council Meeting 06/21/2022
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Good Day Members of the City Council;
I would like to address two items on the agenda for the June 21, 2022 meeting.
The first item is the Mayor's vacancy. Leave the office vacant. The city has done fine for over 100 years with a
five-person council. The city will survive for a few months with the Mayor's office vacant and a six-person
council. I would suggest that the council rotate the Mayor Pro Tem every month. Hey, give everyone a shot at
being Mayor Pro Tem, starting with District 1 on July 1, 2022.
The second item is the campaign finance ordinance. After having read and re-read the proposed ordinance, I
suggest you delete it, wad it up and throw it in the trash, it is a terribly written ordinance. It is confusing,
complicated, and it places too much burden on the candidate/council member. Couple of things, it should
also be indicated that this applies to contributions made to a council member by labor unions. For instance, if
Disney has requested a permit to build another land and has contributed the max amount to each council
members, then if the Disney employee's union contributed the max amount to a council member, then that
council member must declare the contribution because the union members would benefit from the permit
being issued for a new land, right?
I strongly recommend that this ordinance be sent back to the City attorney's office for an extensive review
against recent US Supreme Court rulings involving campaign finance laws OR be willing to sign a binding
agreement that each council member will pay all costs associated with defending this ordinance in court if the
ordinance is found to be unconstitutional!
Thank you for your time.
Clifford E. Breeden, Jr
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