Did these ideas come from Sidrans law department?
Probably. But in this case–and I don’t agree with Mark on everything–there is a neighborhood impact. There’s a noise impact; there’s what happens outside the premises. Whether Mark had anything to do with this ordinance, I don’t know. I knew, like everybody else did, that Mark wasn’t particularly happy with this ordinance. I didn’t talk to Mark about the ordinance. I discussed the ordinance with the police department. There’s concern that, hey, with a brand-new police chief [Gil Kerlikowske] in town, you’ve got a window of opportunity to repair your shaky relationship with the police. Was this purely a political veto, aimed at placating the police? I absolutely haven’t done that for two and a half years, and I’m not going to start now. Gil Kerlikowske wasn’t displeased [by the veto], but he never lobbied me on this. This was my decision. I’m just saying my concerns were there from the beginning, and not addressed. Maybe [my office] should have made it very clear that if certain thing
