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HIGASHI:
<br />RAY:
<br />May I just -?
<br />Roland, sure. Let the record note that Mr. Higashi is here.
<br />HIGASHI: I'm like most of you. I mean, we've dealt with both of these people and,
<br />you know, Chris and I have a long relationship through the father and as the son grew up, and I
<br />have the highest respect for him as an attorney. But my only, my gut feeling is that I'd like -, you
<br />know, he did it last time and everybody said he did a good job. But I think I'd like to have
<br />another set of eyes look at, who is just as capable, look at putting together the new Charter, you
<br />know. It's a new set of eyes, new set of thinking. I'm sure everybody, you know, spent -, I
<br />mean, he spent a lot of time doing this last time, but nothing was perfect. You know, I mean,
<br />there's still some areas that went overlooked as the Mayor stated last time, you know. There's a
<br />portion in there that was overlooked as far as if you were elected two years before, I don't know
<br />exactly what the terminology was but, I mean, there's some deficiencies in that kind of areas. But
<br />my main point is that I would rather see somebody who's got a fresh -eyed look at it before -, I
<br />mean, can look at it new rather than a person who's done it before.
<br />RAY: Okay. Just so you know, Roland, there is a motion on the floor to elect, or
<br />to choose Chris. We are discussing a motion. Okay.
<br />IRVINE: I guess I -.
<br />HIGASHI: It -.
<br />RAY: No, go ahead, Roland.
<br />HIGASHI: No, no, no.
<br />RAY: Okay, Sue.
<br />IRVINE: I just did -, I wanted to say the same thing, that Roland wasn't here when
<br />we did say that our committee unanimously recommended that we hire Chris, and our reasons,
<br />were that he's had the known experience, even though we're sure that Steve could learn quickly,
<br />Chris knows the dollar constraints by way of -, that it won't -, you know, we're not willing to pay
<br />all that much, and Steve seemed quite amenable to that, also.
<br />When it came to scheduling, Steve really said to me that we'd have to have a set schedule because
<br />he's awfully busy. And, you know, I'd like us to have a set schedule, too; we haven't yet gotten
<br />there as far as I know.
<br />Both of these people seem to understand that good government is a little bit different from just the
<br />legal process, and either one of them would work in that manner. But I would, personally, like to
<br />speak for Chris because he's been so highly recommended by people of very different political ilks
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