Even City Council members who agree with some of Anderson's social goals - from banning smoking in bars and changing gun laws, to living-wage rules and altering sex education - say the mayor may be the wrong person to push for change.

"At times you can be a lightning rod in the community. Maybe having you or the city up there fighting for these issues may be not the best strategy," said Council Chairwoman Jill Remington Love, who said Tuesday she cares deeply about many of the changes Anderson suggested.

Anderson presented his goals for the 2005 Legislature to the council Tuesday. The council plans to decide by the end of the week which items it would agree to allow city lobbyists to work on.

For the ones it rejects, Anderson told the council he would work for change on his own. "I'm not stepping aside on any of them."