HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 11-14 Mayor sorry he voted to challenge minimum wage law DISPATCH Mayor sorry he
voted to challenge
mini m wage law
l4 ,,
Maplewoo 's mayor, " was ill-advised—no,
Robert Burton, said he's. not ill-advised, I didn't
sorry he voted for the city have enough brains to
to contribute $100 1,o a know better." he told the
fund to challenge the con council.
stitutionality of the mini- Bruton's original stand
mum wage law. came as a surprise be-
HIS VOTE was pivotal cause when,he ran for of-
because the motion to ap- fice he sought and re-
ceived local DFL and la-
bor-backing.
Maplewood Meanwhile. the mayor
-+�.said his vote was based on
prove the contribution the erroneous assumption
that the l
passed 3-2.
itigation was to
However, Bruton has oppose the minimum
asked that the check —to wage only for parttime
the National League of employes.
Cities—be withheld. "BUT THE INTENT."
And the whole matter he asserted. "is to oppose
should be reconsidered.at the minimum wage for all
the city council's meeting
state municipal em
Nov.21,he said. p y
COUNCILMAN Burt Bruton said publicity
Murdock, who backed the over his position-had
contribution. announced opened him to unfavora
that he had-had a change bla comments.
of heart,too. ^^niovnr Page 2
Mayor
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Councilmen John Grea-
vu and Norm Anderson
have opposed the contri-
bution from the beginning.
Greavu said that opposi-
tion to the minimum wage
law as "about the lowest
things a man can bring
up.
He has even urged the
city to sever its member-
ship in the League of Min-
nesota Municipalities be-
cause of its affiliation
with the National League
of Cities.
His proposal also is
scheduled for discussion
at the Nov.21 meeting.