Aspel veto denies residents opportunity to vote

Last night City Council approved putting the CenterCal Harbor Mall project to a non-binding vote of the residents of Redondo in the upcoming election.  The vote was 3 to 2 with Ginsburg and Aust dissenting. 

Mayor Aspel vetoed putting the controversial project to a vote of the people. 

This is the biggest waterfront development since the pier was rebuilt.  And we got to vote on that in 1990.  Why would Aspel veto a vote?  Perhaps he knows it would lose....

For more info here is an article from the Harbor facebook site:  https://www.facebook.com/keepkingharboraharbor?focus_composer=true&ref_type=bookmark