Well that's progress I suppose. Thanks for the info

Thank you for the explanation. Seems like a tradition that should be thrown away -- gives individual wackos too much power, especially when most people don't know who their council person is.

I meant veto in a more soft-power sense -- I know she didn't veto in a legal sense. Like why not just go to the vote and outvote her.

> While the terms were seen by some elected officials as reasonable, Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan, who represents the area, said she disagreed and the negotiations fell apart, resulting in Teitelbaum warning that if he could not build a high-rise, he’d find some other use for the land, a former gas station. By tradition, councilmembers defer to the wishes of individual lawmakers on building projects in their districts.

What I don't understand is how this lady had a veto. Is it just because she was loud? Why not just ignore her and do it anyways.