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CHAIR: That's correct. <br />MALANKA: I think if you take that and read it verbatim, that we have to at least take <br />from that, all persons shall be treated in a courteous, fair and impartial manner. The one word <br />that was not used is courteous. And we could go beyond that, but certainly courteous stands out. <br />CHAIR: That's a key word. <br />MALANKA: Absolutely. <br />CHAIR: Yes. <br />LUM: There is another word in there, though, that officers and employees of the <br />County, while discharging their duties and dealing with the public <br />MALANKA: - -right <br />LUM: - -shall adhere to the followingprecepts. So discharging their duties and dealing <br />with the public, do we have to nitpick that and say, well, only when they're discharging their <br />duties do they have to be fair and, what's the other word? <br />DILL: Courteous. <br />LUM.• Courteous-- treatingpeople in a fair and courteous and impartial manner, is it <br />or is it while they're discharging their duties and also while they're dealing with the public <br />separately <br />MALANKA: You can say and in ,also <br />L UM: Yeah. <br />MALANKA: Yeah, it's a fine line. <br />DILL: Lincoln, do you have any opinion on this? <br />ASHIDA: I do. I think that, you know, you have to examine the context of where the <br />allegation came up. First of all, and I wanted to respond to what you said about Mr. Henderson <br />and the double standard. I've been with the County 20 years, 13 of them as a prosecutor. And <br />there were many times when people called me up at home and read me the riot act about why <br />I'm doing this certain thing, or why I'm not doing a certain thing, and there have been times I <br />wanted to say, you know, shut the hell up and hang up, but I just can't do it. I can't do it. You <br />are held the Code essentially says, County officers and employees, even volunteer commission <br />members, are held to a different standard, and it is a double standard with respect to vis- a- vis <br />the public. And that's the way it is. Also, I think, you know, one thing that's missing in this <br />discussion is--there's a lot of focus you folks are focusing on the content of the letter. I think <br />as the chairman pointed out last time, his concern, and really what the ethics code talks about <br />it's not just content. The tone. Now, turning to the specific question that Mr. Dill asked about, <br />the course and scope. Is you know, was this I think the question for you and, you know, I <br />10 <br />