#arakawa veto

Thursday, June 19, 2014
Special Council Meeting to Address Mayor’s Vetoes
The County Charter requires a two-thirds vote by the council to override the mayor’s line-item vetoes. The deadline to act is June 26 — that’s 10 days after the budget bill was returned, Baisa said.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Mayor Vetoes Eight Line-Items in 2015 Budget
Mayor Arakawa claims the county’s actual revenues “would not have been sufficient to fund the Council-appropriated projects” that he vetoed and “would have created a budget shortfall.”