Sacramento residents can read the new lawsuit challenging the strong mayor initiative here. Bill Camp, executive secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, is the plaintiff who is suing the city government, the City Council and Thomas Hiltachk, the attorney who wrote the strong mayor initiative. Mayor Kevin Johnson, who leads the initiative campaign, would have many new responsibilities if voters approve the initiative. In a strong mayor position, Johnson would attain the responsibil... KathleenHaley thsas comment-18672 2009-12-04T18:46:24Z 2009-12-04T18:46:24Z Hoffa would be proud. thsas 2009-12-04T18:46:24Z Oracle comment-18637 2009-12-03T19:12:35Z 2009-12-03T19:12:35Z I believe one of the unions supporting Camp and his lawsuit is Local 39, the union that choose layoffs of its own members rather than renegotiate a pay raise with the city. I remember reading about this in the Bee and feeling sick. That's as low as a union can go and certainly not a group I'd want associated with my lawsuit. These unions are only looking out for their own pocketbooks and certainly not the citizens of Sacramento. Beware. Oracle 2009-12-03T19:12:35Z fifthgensacramentan comment-18618 2009-12-03T16:30:18Z 2009-12-03T16:30:18Z Thanks for the lawsuit link. This will be interesting to say the least. On another note-Regarding One's ability to Follow-The-Money, what happened to the city's campaign disclosure site? Someone has inadvertently or cleverly modified the Excel Export function using the advance search so that certain specific information is not available. Additionally that export function use to be easily available by individual documents without going to advance search...which now it is not. The contributor's city, state and zip code of origin along with their employer's city, state and zip code are no longer part of the report! Comparing exported Excel spreadsheets obtained prior to the Thanksgiving Weekend modification and additionally compared to ones that can be obtained on the Secretary of State's site, which local candidates and committees do not submit their forms to...The new reports look as though someone doesn't really want the pubic to know where a contributor's city of origin is or that of their employer's. Remember, this has been a big issue with the funds that SAG is receiving! Mostly outside the city limits! As a person who actually lives, works and votes here...I want to know where contributors live and work. In this age of the information highway...why are we suddenly receiving less transparency in these campaign contributions from an administration that touts transparency? Was this simply an executive decision oversight??? fifthgensacramentan 2009-12-03T16:30:18Z