Word: upping
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The staff recognizes the managers' commitment to improving the situation, but see them as powerless when up against the big wigs.
"It is incumbent on everyone to bring up issues," McNitt says. "It is all part of a complex puzzle--the staff has had a lot of challenges, and they continue to talk about it."
Davis then found that, having proposed his motion, council regulations forbid open debate on the matter. The motion--according to rules established in the council's constitution--would have to be voted up or down without discussion.
"My initial feeling was that it didn't need to get wrapped up in politics of the election," Seton said, "but now I recognize that this election is going to be very much about the council in general rather than simply the candidates who are running."
This year, he said it was impractical to do it any other way, but then ended up voting against his own legislation last night.