SF City Council overides VETO
l3wis The council reinstated the non-profit money last night. But our city attorney, Mr. Know-it-All doesn’t think the council had the legal right to do it.
The outcome left City Attorney Robert Amundson questioning whether the council’s action was legitimate. Last week the council approved the 2009 budget. This week they were approving a resolution appropriating the money.
“I think it should be looked at,” Amundson said following the meeting. In theory, the city attorney represents both the mayor and the council.
The council is his client, not just the mayor. He needs to be defending their decision not just his buddy the mayor. Like I have said in the past, I have great respect for Robert Amundson. He was a former judge, and that is maybe the issue with Robert, he is opinionated like a judge, not an attorney. He needs to understand his job as an attorney is to advise the council on the letter of the LAW not his OPINION on the LAW as a sitting judge would do. The council isn’t asking for a verdict, they are asking for an opinion, there is a difference.