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• BALOG: Is it possible for us just to poll ourselves and say is this something <br />we want to proceed with or we'd rather right now say maybe we'd like to have our <br />Council look at other things that have come even more strongly than this which I feel <br />will be something like nonpartisan elections? <br />• <br />RAY: Sure. <br />SANTANGELO: It's not to the exclusion of anything. <br />RAY: Let's just focus on this. I can't come up with the perfect question to <br />ask off the top of my head. This isn't one question, this is the way we're going to go. <br />How many people are interested enough in this issue that they would like additional <br />materials, would like us to pursue speakers or whatever to bring this issue more in front <br />of the Commission? So how many people would like additional information. Raise <br />your right hand. <br />HANDS RAISED: E. Alonzo, S. Bess, M. Herkes, S. Irvine, J. Santangelo, <br />G. Yoshiyama <br />HERKES: Is there some precedency here as to whether we can handle any <br />more information? <br />IRVINE: Quite frankly, John, I've read all 44 pages that came from <br />Pennsylvania, it seems to be the number for the day, and we've had another I don't <br />know how many pages quite a while ago and it's just like some of the issues they bring <br />up, I'm not sure our island will go for this. I think we might discuss a lot and think we're <br />doing something and think there's a movement for change and then we take it to the <br />electorate and find out that we'd done a lot of work and they either don't go to the polls <br />at all or don't know what we're talking about and don't go with a major overhaul of <br />County government. <br />RAY: There's no question it would be a major challenge to present this to <br />the public in a clear, fair way. Mr. Balog. <br />BALOG: I just feel for myself, just looking at what to me is part of our goal <br />and our job, is to look at the Charter and see what we can change that makes sense <br />and to be part of it, like Mr. Bess says, to put it the best way, is to be more efficiently <br />and cost savings but I just don't see this as something that's knocking me over and <br />throwing me on my butt that is one of the pressing issues that makes me tick on this <br />Commission. I don't need no more information. I even brought my stuff that was <br />mailed about this stuff just in case we talked specifically about some of the stuff that <br />we've had to read and I don't need any more things to read. <br />21 <br />