tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post1813324109014678711..comments2024-03-28T14:01:07.593-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: City Attorney Relents on Council's Charter City DirectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-44709410112241164002014-06-07T21:33:57.979-07:002014-06-07T21:33:57.979-07:00The City Attorney works for the City Council (as d...The City Attorney works for the City Council (as does the City Manager). He represents their interests, not the citizens. In theory, the Council has the citizens' interests at heart. Only the City Council can fire the City Attorney as they affirmed in the wake of the Measure F election from 2011.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-14710260036313599812014-06-07T16:35:46.241-07:002014-06-07T16:35:46.241-07:00I'm glad we have a City Attorney who stands by...I'm glad we have a City Attorney who stands by his legal advice. He's supposed to represent the interests of the City, not the Council. If the City gets sued over the charter, the Council needs to understand it's in them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-79794627327103922922014-06-07T13:55:53.802-07:002014-06-07T13:55:53.802-07:00I've been following politics in Emeryville eve...I've been following politics in Emeryville ever since I moved here and that's more than a decade now. Biddle's been nothing but a problem all that time. Anybody that's been paying attention knows that. Why can't he be let go? It can't just be Nora Davis stopping this. I agree with what Ken Bukowski has said on this. We deserve better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com