VB Mayor violates City Code

Sessoms unlawfully alters rules for addressing city council

At the final budget hearing, Mayor Will Sessoms willfully and capriciously shortened the public presentation allocation period to two minutes per speaker.

Follow up:

According to the Virginia Beach City Code
Sec. 2-41. Addressing council.
Time limits for speakers addressing the city council at its meetings shall be in accordance with a written policy of the city council. Such policy shall be included on the city's internet web site, posted outside of the city council chambers, and published in the city council agenda for each regular meeting.
(Code 1965, § 2-19; Ord. No. 2035, 2-12-91; Ord. No. 2740, 3-11-03)

This was not the case. Interesting, since this drastic infringement of free speech, the City staff is quietly trying to do damage control. The city web page which addresses council presentations presents an error page stating

"We are sorry, but this page has encountered an error. A notification has been sent to the City of Virginia Beach Web Team. Please feel free to contact the City’s Public Information Office at 311 or 385-3111 or via Online Assistance , 24 hours a day if you need additional assistance.

We apologize for this inconvenience."

Perhaps the budget vote should challenged since the rules of procedure were violated. Any lawyers out there have an opinion?