More than 2 months after Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez’s drunk driving apprehension, Common council will certainly consider whether to condemn her activities.
Previous council apprehensions have actually attracted speedy activity– consisting of a Sunday conference to penalize Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) days after his 2024 drunk driving apprehension– yet brand-new Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones claimed she would certainly wait to attend to Meza Gonzalez’s scenario till they had “even more details.”
Meza Gonzalez has actually urged she had not been consuming alcohol that evening, consisting of in authorities body electronic camera video footage launched Aug. 8. She had a previous drunk driving apprehension prior to signing up with the council to stand for Area 8, in 2010.
Jones informed the council Friday that she was calling the ballot “taking into account brand-new details,” which Meza Gonzalez’s board tasks would certainly be put on hold “till more notification or till even more information of the occurrence are understood.”
Her workplace emailed the demand Friday mid-day, yet after arguments regarding the problem in exec session, Mayor Erik Walsh reacted that he had “the solid feeling the Council is not all set to consider this product,” and decreased to place it on the normal council schedule.
Jones gained ground anyhow, asking for an unique conference rather at 1 p.m. on Sept. 11.
Admonishment ballots lug no actual repercussions, yet Councilman Mario Bravo (D1) shed reelection soon after council released a ballot of no self-confidence.
Promptly after the apprehension, Meza Gonzalez claimed she would certainly “take complete liability” for her activities.
