Berg outburst prompts discipline proposal

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 29, 2012

~~<p>A Honolulu City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a measure setting a procedure to suspend a Council member without pay for up to a month if colleagues determine he or she has violated order or decorum of a Council meeting.</p>
<p>The City Charter already allows Council members to, by a minimum two-thirds vote, suspend a colleague for "disorderly or contemptuous behavior in (the Council's) presence" for up to a month.</p>
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A Honolulu City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a measure setting a procedure to suspend a Council member without pay for up to a month if colleagues determine he or she has violated order or decorum of a Council meeting.

The City Charter already allows Council members to, by a minimum two-thirds vote, suspend a colleague for "disorderly or contemptuous behavior in (the Council's) presence" for up to a month. Login for more...