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• ISBELL: Yes. Probably the top, but the questions that we're asking will also
<br />be put into a slot like, how old are you, what's your full name. You have to tell on your -
<br />when you're applying to run for office.
<br />SANTANGELO: One thing that I'd ask the League to do, because I struggle with
<br />this nonpartisan, being a Republican, I'd go back to my party, oh, you can't - baloney, I
<br />really support nonpartisan on the County level. As you know, in the Legislature, it's
<br />very partisan because you're in the more philosophical - Anyway, your body could help,
<br />and I'd ask you to think about forums, because with this single member district issue
<br />that just came up, one thing I noticed here, and it's my observation and I may be wrong,
<br />but it's perception, and it's information. I'm cursed by two things; one was I was
<br />educated as an engineer, or electronics and I'm a male, so I think a certain way. And
<br />generally, it's dealing with these facts and I'm very linear, and I never dealt well with
<br />perception, and yet, that is the reality in politics today, and I see a lot of bad things
<br />being done in the absence of solid information. And so, some of these issues that are
<br />emotional, I think are best served if some group, like yourself, would present a fact-
<br />finding, or a fact -sharing, forum in which both sides could kind of be brought out
<br />because with this single member thing, this body really has yet to really take it up, so
<br />there hasn't been a real clear discussion of all 15 models, and therefore, there
<br />shouldn't be something coming forward. And we already had a discussion once with
<br />someone and we won't go into that again because it's redundant. But I'd ask you to
<br />consider that for whatever issue comes up that's kind of like that. It would be really
<br />great to have a body, such as yours, that is so responsible in that area, to have some
<br />sort of information dissemination thing. Thank you.
<br />ISBELL: One last thing. If you'll notice in that pamphlet, there's also a place
<br />for rebuttal on issues and it's given totally independently as if, you know, here's an
<br />argument for it, here's an argument against it, and then what somebody thinks about it.
<br />So, what you might want to do is take a look at that. I'm going to leave these two with
<br />you so that you can - One's a primary and one's a general.
<br />RAY: Roland.
<br />HIGASHI: Virginia, this voter information package. Could the League
<br />prepare a proposed Charter Amendment, what section, exact wording, and then we can
<br />take it from there? .Right now, it's kind of loose. If the League could do that, I think we
<br />could be more focused on exactly what we're talking about, and consider that.
<br />ISBELL: Well, we can't do it until you pass something that's going to go to
<br />the voters. Is that what you mean, before they go to the voters?
<br />HIGASHI: What I mean is something for us to really consider, to act on. Right
<br />now, it's a loose thing, and exact wording could be important.
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