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Republicans on the Indianapolis City-County Council have chosen new leadership. Councilor Michael Paul Hart was in the position for less than a year. During a caucus meeting this week, fellow Republicans voted to remove him as minority leader.
Hart represents a southeast side district. He said fellow councilors told him that he was doing too much, too fast.
"The way that it was expressed to me was that they wanted to return back to the pace they had, before me, they tried not to use the word slower, but they used the word slower when describing to me," Hart said.
Hart had taken the lead on a number of recent proposals aimed to amend or push back on existing council measures including a spending package and efforts to curb youth violence.
Republican councilors voted to reinstate Brian Mowery as minority leader. Mowery held the minority position for the past four years.
Democrats hold a supermajority on the council with 19 seats, compared to the Republicans seats.
Contact WFYI Managing City Editor Jill Sheridan at jsheridan@wfyi.org.
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