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notice in the newspapers, I don't know how much ahead of time, 24 hours or minimum or
<br />something like that. You can also do it by radio or TV or something like that, but there is -,
<br />and Corp. Counsel has pointed that out in the previous meeting, I saw in the meeting, in the
<br />minutes, that Counsel 13 -20 -something, section, gives it exactly. Everything that you do in
<br />the meeting that does not follow these rules exactly is null and void, actions, that means. You
<br />can meet, you can talk, you can do everything, but any action would be null and void. And I
<br />don't want to be in a -, get into a situation where somebody has to take you to court because
<br />they don't like something, you know, and they take you to court, you get the long court
<br />procedure, and so on, and then they call you all on the mat and things like that. You want to
<br />prevent that.
<br />So, my question is, why am I the only public here? Because you didn't properly announce it
<br />to the public, and I see in the minutes that you're very much concerned, at least some of you,
<br />very much concerned with getting the public here, interesting them in your work and so on,
<br />and get feedback, and I agree with that, but the prime -, you have to be the prime movers if
<br />there is no other way. And if there is a shortage of money, with which I don't agree, by the
<br />way, I'll get back to that in a moment, then there is always the possibility of getting this on
<br />TV or something like that or giving a press conference; that costs nothing. If you give a press
<br />conference, you will get a number of people here. You get the radio stations, you will get the
<br />newspapers, etcetera, etcetera. So don't let it hang on the official notices that you must give
<br />according to the existing charter. And don't -, please, don't take them out of the charter
<br />because I think they're useful. You cannot complain the public wasn't interested or they are
<br />never interested, I heard in the previous meeting, Roland, I don't know, you must have read
<br />the minutes, too. You weren't there, but -.
<br />HERKES: He wasn't there.
<br />ROSS: Somebody said something like well, they are not interested anyway. I
<br />think it was Mr. Bess.
<br />RAY: Several of us did. Go ahead.
<br />ROSS: Anyway, I'm not pointing fingers, mind you, that is not the idea. I
<br />didn't write the name down. 1 could have, but why, you know? I'm trying to give
<br />constructive criticism, and please accept it as such. Okay. So there is a way to get public to
<br />your meetings. There is a way to have people write to you, you know, through a letter to the
<br />editor or whatever way, or a direct letter, or it doesn't matter. I can give you PR instructions
<br />how you get public to your meetings, but I suppose, you know, that you, plenty of you, you're
<br />a cross-section of the County's business and so on here, you know how to do that. Some of
<br />you know, and then teach the others and so on. Okay.
<br />Now, Mr. Legaspi told me when I asked him if this was published in the newspaper because
<br />this is not publishing, this is what the newspaper gratuitously, you know, wrote in "Dateline"
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