[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish Council overrides Rodriguez veto

[Westley Annis]

Thank God the Council was able to vote in concert w/out L. Dean dissenting!

Junior will just have to live with a shadow watching his fiscal expenditures
for the next few weeks.

Jim





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	St. Bernard Parish Council overrides Rodriguez veto
	Posted by St. Bernard bureau November 20, 2007 11:53AM
	The St. Bernard Parish Council has unanimously voted to override a
veto by
	Parish President Henry "Junior'' Rodriguez of a council measure
aimed at
	monitoring the outgoing Rodriguez administration's spending.
	
	The council's vote to override the veto this morning was 7-0,
Council
	Chairman Joey DiFatta said.
	
	
	During a hastily-called special meeting Monday afternoon, the
council
	adopted an ordinance prohibiting Rodriguez's administration from
spending
	money on anything except employee salaries without first receiving
council
	approval.
	
	Rodriguez lost his bid for re-election to the president's post over
the
	weekend. Some council members portrayed the ordinance as a routine
measure
	to ensure a smooth transition to the administration of Councilman
Craig
	Taffaro Jr., who beat Rodriguez for the presidency and takes office
Jan. 8.
	But other council members said they approved it because they are
concerned
	about the parish's finances.
	
	The ordinance was approved 7-0.
	
	Council Chairman Joey DiFatta said Tuesday morning that Rodriguez
delivered
	his veto to the council around 11 p.m. Monday. DiFatta said he
called the
	emergency meeting for 10 a.m. today because the council must respond
within
	12 hours to the veto.
	
	DiFatta said there was little discussion during the council's
emergency
	meeting today. He said the council's ordinance will now become law.