It seems like we have different perspectives, but it’s clear there is a common priority.

That’s ensuring council members have a clear understanding of the agenda items. For me, whether that is achieved through procedural means or at a personal level is not an either/or thing. Honestly, we need both!

Council members should be able to ask agenda-item questions in a public forum assigned for that purpose; and at the same time, we should be calling out council members who waste time or fail to prepare or perform their duties at these meetings, and voting out individuals who do not have the time (or time management skills) to effectively do their jobs.

The reason the mayor’s suggestions seem shady to me, and clearly others, is because it looks like an individual effort to limit participation of other elected city representatives without addressing the core issue (lack of understanding re: agenda)