Attorney: Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis can unilaterally adopt budget
Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | City of Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis replies to comments during an open meeting at City Hall as residents speak out against a proposed budget that calls for considerable tax increases. (Dec. 6, 2012)
Mount Vernon firehouse threatened by proposed budget cuts
Mount Vernon residents irked by 2013 budget plans Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis is vowing to unilaterally adopt the city's 2013 budget if the City Council doesn't approve his proposed $93.3 million spending package -- including a 6.65 percent property tax increase -- by the end of the year.
And the city's legal watchdog is backing him up in the escalating dispute.
In a memo to council members Wednesday, Mount Vernon Corporation Counsel...
