Clean Up City Hall — Mayor Lurie’s Charter Reform Measures are dominated by the perception that the signature-threshold component expands unchecked executive power, as critics argue raising the requirement from 2% to 8% of registered voters directly prices out grassroots campaigns and hardens barriers to the ballot. The most common criticism is that the initiative intentionally centralizes authority in the mayor’s office by weakening independent commissions and removing unilateral ballot placement powers, creating a gap between the intended good-government reforms and the actual effect of reduced democratic access. This repeated theme of undisclosed power shifts contrasts sharply with the campaign’s messaging of accountability and efficiency.

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