Letter: Don’t give mayor power to override the council

Thursday, March 13, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

It was interesting to see that our beloved Mayor Jan Laverty Jones is now insisting on having veto power on the City Council. Then, according to the formula printed in the newspaper, all she needs is for one councilman to wimp out on a vote for reconsideration of a previously voted-on item that she did not agree with, and she gets what she wants, whether or not it's beneficial to the citizens of our city.

Now it is up to our legislators in Carson City to decide if they will go along with her scheme. When this important veto bill comes up for a vote by our legislators, may God give them the wisdom to just say no.

Willy McDonald

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