They run from law suits as a way of life. In the past, they hired expensive
ineffective lawyers that conspicuously lost suit after suit. Losses in county
fund’s (taxes) were enormous. So now days, they rail in chambers like
tough guys for an hour or two (for the local press), and then give in quickly
to minimize the impact of inevitable court losses.
There isn’t an ounce of principled fight in the full chamber.
They will probably agree to something cheap. Like putting a sticker of a
poppy on the top of Cross so as to use the bottom as a stem.
CB^Q
And I suppose, like in so many other cities, it is impossible to vote them out?