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representative districts is represented, then the remaining three can be from anywhere. SANTANGELO: Can come from anywhere. PAVAO: Anywhere. SANTANGELO: And like you said, that statement of `I'll get back to you later', a lot of what we're looking at, the Commission is trying to look at the island as a whole, and not get back to them later too, so I'd hope you'd understand that. PAVAO: Right. No, I certainly agree with that, and that's the reason why, guess, our Commissioners went on record to oppose this because, as I said, in Water Supply, decisions have to be made island -wide. Although systems are specific, the decisions on priority spending, things like that, have to be looked at systemwide. You can't have people pulling for separate things in their own districts which can happen. And by having people further separating the districts into nine specific areas, I'm not saying that it's happened, but the potential for it happening is much greater. SANTANGELO: On the other hand, there's a logic that says that you're supposed to come to these Commissions with the tools and integrity, and we admit there's an advantage to having district representation, and what we're trying to do is create a little more district representation to enfranchise the people. But you're feeling that that enfranchisement might be at too high a cost. PAVAO: happen. Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is what's logical doesn't always SANTANGELO: Been there. RAY: Milton, just one other question in regard to the qualifications of the Head of the Department. Would you describe your job as more administrative in nature or more technical in nature? I mean, the bulk of what you do, or takes up your time, because, obviously, that's where we're coming from, and we're making the assumption that the Head of the Public Works Department and Head of Water Department is more of an administrative position. PAVAO: I appreciate that question. That's a real good question and I think I can, kind of, answer it by saying the degree of administration is not as severe, not as much, as the technical portions. Good examples: I have an average of about 3 or 4 meetings a day. Most of the meetings are with developers, wanting to do projects, and if I didn't have the engineering background that I had, I couldn't understand what they were trying to do. It really helps because I know the system. I've been with the department a long time. I have the engineering history of what happened and that is a huge advantage because developers want to develop, and they want to know how to 16