Scott’s down at city hall checking out the debate about the Charter Review proposals. I’m catching what I can on the streaming video.

There’ll be a full report later, but this caught my ear: Commissioner Randy Leonard called the proposal’s timeline—to refer it to the voters by May—untenable. Sounds like he wants the commission and the public to take a stab at refining the recommendations before they go to a vote.

Dan Saltzman, however, says he can “think of no better way to engage the public that through a campaign.” He noted the lack of TVs in council chambers, and posited that the media won’t bother to rouse the public unless there’s a campaign attached—but Scott’s already let me know that all the print media showed. I think the media’s interested, Dan, even if KATU and KGW are still out watching the snow melt.

Now it’s time for public testimony: Eleven people have signed up, including both of the Mandels. Lili Mandel insists that this proposal will turn the next mayor into Napoleon. “Don’t buy it!” she says, decrying “back door access to the imperial mayor.”