If Martwick was serious about reforming the system, Lightfoot said, he should have included Kaegi in that discussion rather than filing a bill to take Kaegi off the ballot after one term. “You could have called him at any point. You could have called him during his transition period to have that discussion,” she said. “Instead, what you did is you dropped the bill on a Friday afternoon and you called him afterward. That smacks of cronyism.”