Conversation on The Sacramento Press about: Full time City Council? Members weigh in on idea Two members like the idea. Two are opposed. A fifth thinks it’s not a high priority. These five members of the Sacramento City Council gave their views Thursday on a recommendation from an advisory group to make the council positions full time. The City Council has nine members because it includes the mayor. Currently, eight City Council positions are part time, while the mayor serves full time. Councilmembers earn $52,000 per year. The full-time recommendation comes from the city’s Charter... KathleenHaley By: Jim Knapp Jim Knapp 2009-11-23T03:39:52Z 2009-11-23T03:39:52Z Fixation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation_(psychology) OCD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_compulsive_disorder Jim Knapp 2009-11-23T03:39:52Z By: StevieGee StevieGee 2009-11-21T05:20:01Z 2009-11-21T05:20:01Z If the mayor gets his way we won't even need the counsel at all. Just him and his lackeys will be running everything. StevieGee 2009-11-21T05:20:01Z By: bbbbmer bbbbmer 2009-11-20T17:20:33Z 2009-11-20T17:20:33Z Only to KJ and his staff of suckups, sycophants, and siblings... oh, and his backers... bbbbmer 2009-11-20T17:20:33Z By: Priscilla Barnes Priscilla Barnes 2009-11-20T16:41:09Z 2009-11-20T16:41:09Z Ray Tretheway's statement, "a full-time City Council is a second-tier issue" seems sensible. Might a Strong Mayor be a first-tier issue? Priscilla Barnes 2009-11-20T16:41:09Z By: bbbbmer bbbbmer 2009-11-20T10:21:25Z 2009-11-20T10:21:25Z Those members who actually work at their elected office on a full-time basis, and that is probably most of them, should indeed be compensated for a full-time commitment... bbbbmer 2009-11-20T10:21:25Z