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Council debate opens on reverting Pueblo to city-manager form of government; some councilors urge ballot referral
Summary
Councilor Roger Gomez proposed returning Pueblo to a city-manager form of government; councilors were sharply divided, with several urging the question be placed before voters and others opposing a mid-term review of the mayoral system.
Councilor Roger Gomez used a Monday work-session slot to propose putting the question of returning Pueblo to a city-manager form of government before voters, prompting an extended and often heated debate on local governance.
Gomez said he believes the strong-mayor form of government concentrates “too much political power” in one office and asked that the council direct staff to draft ballot language to reverse the 2019 change. “I’m requesting ballot language of reverting to a city-managed form of…
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