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• Salary Commission. Give the people a chance to just say no to the Salary <br />Commission. I listened in front of the County Council the other day as a perspective <br />new member of the Salary Commission expressed how he wanted to serve because he <br />thought people should do something for their community. Soon after that, he was <br />talking about how people need to make good money, and really we need more money <br />for these people, and good money will get us a better class of people. This particular <br />individual did not mention which particular existing person that he would be regulating <br />the salary of, could be replaced with someone if we paid more money. That didn't get <br />mentioned. So, just say no to that. The elected officials in this County, that would be <br />the Council people, they should have the guts to do what they have to do. They really <br />should have the guts. The Salary Commission is just a way for them to get out of it, <br />and it's removed from the people, and then they don't have to take the heat, the <br />County Council people. Give the people a chance and see what they say. Do we <br />need this or don't we need this. <br />Managing Director. I'm not sure what you folks have proposed so far on that, but that <br />and the Legislative Auditor, I strongly favor not putting in specific qualifications that <br />limit these jobs to just people who have these qualifications. It's always been <br />interesting to me that, if you're 35 years old, you don't have to be a lawyer, or you don't <br />have to be an accountant, or anything else, if you want to run and be the President of <br />the United States. And in that particular position, you're over a lot of attorneys and you <br />manage a lot of things, and you've got a fairly high position in the Military, and yet, <br />there's nothing for that. So, consider that, not restricting these things unduly. Let's <br />loosen these things up, if anything. And give the people a chance to loosen that up <br />because that's what you're going to do is make proposals, and the people can decide <br />whether they want to limit this just to certain individuals. <br />Term Limits. We've been through that quite a few times, and the people have <br />consistently said two years for County Council people, so I think it just about amounts <br />to badgering if you want to give the people another chance to change their mind. <br />Instead, give the people a chance to vote whether they like two years or four years for <br />the Mayor. That's something I'd appreciate. I think people already decided about the <br />Council make-up. We don't have floating Council members anymore. People <br />already said what they like on that. <br />Department Head Qualifications. Keep it simple. Don't make it to where the Mayor's <br />favorite person cannot be in this position. But if we just have two-year terms for <br />Mayor, the people can tell the Mayor what they think if Department Heads. <br />I don't see the Board of Ethics on here, but you folks could, if you so wished, make a <br />statement about government people lying, okay, in the course of their official jobs. Not <br />to their wives, friends, or enemies. You could put out something and let the voters <br />decide whether lying should be one of the prohibited acts mentioned in the County <br />Charter under the Board of Ethics, okay? Give the people a chance to say whether <br />