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<br />HERKES: We'll remember that. Don't get too far out there.
<br />RAY: Bill, since you're here, and I know you've probably paid more
<br />attention to County government than most citizens, and been very much involved in the
<br />planning process, you got any comments on City Manager form of government vs.
<br />Mayor? The most common model is Council Manager where the Council basically
<br />hires a City Manager type who's the Chief Executive Officer of the County, and so he
<br />falls under the control of the County Council. You have any personal feelings on that?
<br />Have you thought about that much?
<br />GRAHAM: No. The only thing that comes to me is that part of the idea is to
<br />break the political nature of the animal and to bring it to a more professional nature, I
<br />think. One obviously gets a skeptical feeling, like I'II bet they can be turned into a
<br />political animal anyway, even though you structure like this and that. I don't know that
<br />for sure. My only thing would be, as much as possible, try to look at where else it's
<br />been done in the country, and where it's broken down, and where it's been successful,
<br />and what's the differences.
<br />RAY: John, you had a comment?
<br />SANTANGELO: Just real quick, a quick comment. We came right down to that
<br />again. It's beyond me, that if you have single member districts, why you only have,
<br />quote, one person to talk to. It takes nine votes. It takes five, and in some cases, six.
<br />Why aren't we talking to those people? Because you don't elect them, and that's why
<br />this trophy thing. Again, I'm only talking about what I saw that was flawed in it. There's
<br />a lot of good about being a servant leader within your community, and being able to be
<br />elected. The difference between a President and a Legislature, and even our
<br />Legislature, and it's what I liked about the County Council because, I guess, I'm just a
<br />trench, get muddy, kind of jerk, but it's close to the people, and you will see your
<br />Council member far more frequently than you will see a House, a Senate, a Governor,
<br />a President, or anyone else, and so, there is that, just trying to balance that. I worked
<br />with Laurel Decker on Solid Waste. We had many meetings up here that had to do with
<br />the County, and frankly, if someone in my district was talking about a Public Works
<br />thing, I sent them to Dominic because he was Chair of that. We should be working for
<br />the whole island, and as long as it works that way, I'm just saying I saw it break down a
<br />bit, and I'm curious, and I thank you for your input.
<br />GRAHAM: Well, I thank you all for all your dialogue and all this attention to my
<br />thoughts. I don't want to hold you up too much.
<br />RAY: Okay, thanks Bill.
<br />HERKES: Go on the web.
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