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There are 12 days until the city election in Annapolis.
In today’s paper, we learned mayoral candidate and current member of the City Council Dave Cordle is introducing legislation that would cap property taxes in the city. A few days ago, Cordle introduced three other bills, including a bill to create a Council-Manger form of government, even though he was the deciding vote against virtually identical legislation earlier this year.
Cordle has been on the City Council for 8 years. He could have made these proposals at any time and did not. Why now?
Cordle may feel he needs to make up for lost time. According to the minutes on the City Council website, Cordle has missed 16 council meetings during his tenure – more than 10% of the total and more than any other member of the council during the same period of time. (Our outgoing mayor, Ellen Moyer, has the second most missed meetings with 12.)
There will be a new mayor and a new council in place the first week of December. If Dave Cordle is introducing these last-minute items to help him win an election, it’s the wrong thing to do. The City Council should be a place for serious, thoughtful and deliberate debate about the issues that face Annapolis.
Disclosure: I volunteer for Josh Cohen’s mayoral campaign.
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