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Richardson residents tell council a retroactive ‘resign-to-run’ charter change would be unfair and legally risky
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Richardson City Council to remove or not apply retroactive language from a proposed resign-to-run charter amendment, saying it would effectively act as a recall without statutory safeguards and risk litigation; council heard the comments but took no vote on the amendment tonight.
Dozens of Richardson residents told the City Council on Monday they oppose placing a retroactive "resign-to-run" proposition on the upcoming charter-election ballot, saying it would rewrite rules after the fact and could remove a duly elected official without voters’ explicit intent.
"Changing the rules afterwards — that's just not fair," said Elaine Campbell, a longtime Richardson resident, who said a retroactive provision would operate like "a recall proposition" targeted at one council member, Dan Barrios. "This would be unethical and would be unfair."
Other speakers made similar points. Mark Wickersham,…
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