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Thursday, March 29, 2012
City Gov How's this strong-mayor thing workin' for ya?
Posted by J. Adrian Stanley on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Former City Councilor and local attorney Randy Purvis and retired Colorado College political science professor Bob Loevy can both claim a deep understanding of our city government.
Evaluation_of_the_Strong_Mayor_form_of_government_in_Colorado_Springs.pdf
Review_of_Loevy_Analysis_-_final.pdf
However, their views on how well the new form of government is working, vary widely.
Yesterday, the city communications office released a paper Loevy wrote, critiquing the new form of government. His conclusion: Council needs to be restructured, and the mayor given more powers.
Purvis released a response critique — though I wouldn't expect the mayor-controlled city Communications Office to be releasing it any time soon. A City Councilor passed along Purvis' analysis, which states that the mayor already has a great deal of power and really doesn't need any more.
If you're a local political junkie, these are both must reads. I've listed the summaries from both essays and PDF links to the full versions below.
Loevy's take:
Evaluation_of_the_Strong_Mayor_form_of_government_in_Colorado_Springs.pdf
Purvis' take:
Review_of_Loevy_Analysis_-_final.pdf
