Local option considered

I'm posting here from the City Council meeting, where they've just taken up the rejection by the state legislature of our local options. Councilor Clancy has asked that the Manager reapply as soon as possible (which, according to the Manager, is more or less this fall; we don't want to do it before then, as it can be rejected out of hand).
Councilor Smith is now going on at some length about his...disappointment. "You can't cut and not give us any options to do anything about it...there's no 'I' in 'team' and the state is the 'I' here."