(Los Alamitos, 2/5/2012) I missed it the first time I scanned through Monday’s agenda, but, thankfully, an alert reader pointed it out.
There it was, #12, on the last page of Monday’s City Council agenda, separated from City Manager Items by almost two blank pages. Then I couldn’t figure out exactly what it was.
See if you can:
12. CLOSED SESSION
Conference with Legal Counsel
The City Council/Agency finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the local agency in the litigation.
INITIATION OF LITIGATION: (G.C. 54956.9(c)) One Case
(adv. Council Member Kusumoto)
The code reference is to a portion of the California General Code that deals with the Brown Act.
So I’m guessing a Council Member asked for a closed session to consider initiating litigation against Council Member Kusumoto. (For our analysis of the charges, see “Does this letter violate the Brown Act?”
2/6/2012 late afternoon update: Turns out “adv.” means “adverse” according to our City Attorney, so the Closed Session is, indeed for the Council to consider litigation against Council Member Kusumoto.
Looks to me like somebody really wants to get Warren off the Council. Maybe they’re trying to push through the “Downtown Revitalization.” Maybe they’re mad about the judge’s ruling in the trash contract.
Whatever it is, it’s costing the taxpayers plenty.
And costing the city even more, both in staff & Council time, & in further widening the split that divides us.
And they’re going to discuss it behind closed doors. In the Charles Sylvia Conference room, or whatever that room behind the Council Chambers is called.
I hope they take the high road, and save us all money and grief.
That’s my perspective. What’s yours?
(Also on the agenda, consideration of options regarding modifying the code to make the selection of the fifth highest trash bidder legal. Click here for our November post on the plan when it was originally introduced.)
Comments expressing all viewpoints are welcome, but please try to keep it diplomatic.
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Dave,
More of the “Same old, same old”. Would we expect anything else? No! Should we expect something else? Yes!
To have this meeting in the town idiot’s meeting room just goes to show you how vindictive this council majority really is!
If Mrs. Poe is allowed to vote for the Blvd. revitalization, I have at least 7 addresses of properties that she owns within 500 feet of the revitalization area.
These people are out of control. At this point we’d be better off taking our chances by letting the fat lady guard the box of chocolates than to put this council majority in charge of serving our people! They have completely lost touch with the sworn oath that they took to serve our citizens!
Another Dave Emerson lie: The backroom where any closed door sessions are discussed is not the “Chuck Sylvia” conference room. There is a room in the Rec Center that was named for Mr.Sylvia when he stepped down after seven terms on the City Council. During Mr. Parker’s time on the council the portrait of Mr. Sylvia was taken down in the Rec Center. This is a good example of the petty and foolish things your wonderful friends do Dave, if they don’t like someone.
chuck sylvia’s name shouldn’t even be on a bathroom door of any building in Los Al.
I think a bathroom is the perfect place for chuck silvia’s name.