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LUM: - -Could that, though, be construed as preventing their communication— <br />DILL: - -I think it could. <br />LUM: - -or deteriorating their communications? <br />ASHIDA: Yes. <br />LUM: It could be? Because there's something here— <br />CHAIR: You know what's strange about this, that you ask that question, is that for years <br />they've had communication without using photographs, and it's only recently that that <br />photograph's been included. <br />ASHIDA: They call that the CNN Fox News Network- <br />LUM: - -I'm not surprised. <br />ASHIDA: It's just the reality of our- <br />LUM: - -I know, I know, yeah -- <br />ASHIDA: --progressing, or maybe you would say regressing, as a society. <br />DILL: Well, if I could just counter that thought in terms of taking the high road and <br />clearing up this mess, I think we could refuse to offer an informal advisory opinion and <br />allow our elected officials to follow what's already established in the state level, and then <br />move on to more Board business. <br />CHAIR: Well, I personally happen to think this is important business. <br />DILL: I think it's important, but 1 don't know if it's relevant to our function — <br />CHAIR: - -It's very relevant to our function. We were put here to ensure public trust. <br />DILL: I understand that, Mr. Chair, but what I'm trying to say is that it's already <br />established on the state level. It's state law, and if I'm not mistaken, all of our elected <br />officials are required to follow state law. And this law deals with what we're discussing <br />directly — sufficiently for me, anyway. But that's why we're here as a Board, and not one <br />of us is making a decision, we're all making a decision, so, based on our votes. <br />LUM: 1 would think that what we would do would actually practically say the same thing <br />as the state law. Whether we would want to have it as a reiteration of our County, you <br />know, our business, our — looking at our County, state —our County Code of Ethics, there <br />are times when we don't particularly follow the state - -it's not law, but we don't <br />necessarily follow their decisions. But I'm quite happy with the state —with the way the <br />state law —it's okay up until the time they —well, until the time a candidate files <br />26 <br />