Given the way some fought for the status quo when I authored the new Ethics Code and created the city's first Ethics Commission, we are going to need your strong support to get an even tougher Ethics Code passed this year.

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.

Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?