REMARKS
Council Member Gale A. Brewer remarks on her stance
2:09:31
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Council Member Brewer thanks the clerk's office for their work and adaptability.
- She commends City Clerk Mike Sweeney and his staff for their assistance
- Brewer is willing to consider measures addressing potential conflicts of interest
- She aims to avoid First Amendment violations like the Citizens United case
- Brewer suggests publicizing prohibitions on combining political/lobbying roles could be constitutional and effective
Gale A. Brewer
2:09:31
I also wanna always thank the clerk's office because no matter what gets thrown at you, you always say yes.
2:09:37
So I want to I want to tell you it is true.
2:09:41
And Mike Sweeney has been our savior from day one on that topic.
2:09:45
So thank you and your staff.
2:09:46
I wanna say that.
2:09:47
Well, I mean, I don't I think what you're saying, miss Ryan, is that there is already sort of a built in possibility for enforcing what we're trying to achieve.
2:09:58
And I I don't have a problem looking looking at that.
2:10:01
I do think, hopefully, it could be expanded as time goes on because you have the other side of the coin, you know, where there is no list, as you should suggest, some people who you know, do the campaign consulting.
2:10:12
We don't have that list.
2:10:14
So I assume that, you know, we sort of have half the coin that we could work with.
2:10:19
And then see if that achieves our our goal.
2:10:23
I don't I I understand what you say.
2:10:24
I don't wanna throw the baby out with the bathwater, which is the whole which you're saying is, and it is first amendment issue as we know from the Supreme Court also, a little citizen unit in there, is a big problem that we have to address on many levels.
2:10:37
We don't wanna lose it on the positive side as opposed to the Supreme Court with our citizen union.
2:10:44
Challenge.
2:10:45
So I'm I'm certainly willing to look at this and see if it accomplishes what we're trying to accomplish.
2:10:50
I think if the word gets out, that there is, you know, concern and a mandated prohibition about basically my what I would call double dipping.
2:11:01
That's what I would call it.
2:11:02
Then you have a a way to approach it that would be constitutionally upheld I would love to look at that.
2:11:09
So thank you very much.