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to, in any way, obstruct, or whatever, the workings of this Commission, but I think I have some contributions to make here from long-time experience that may be useful and there is still time to make changes that are required. Now, I would like to open with - Let me ask something else first. In your rules - you developed some rules somewhere along the line - shouldn't there be a quorum here today? RAY: We discussed it and addressed it in an earlier meeting, and we actually took a vote to the effect that a quorum was not required - ROSS: Okay. RAY: For a public hearing. ROSS: Okay, it's just a question. RAY: Because we knew we were going to run into some problems with a couple of these Saturdays where a lot of people were going to be out of town. So we did address that to the satisfaction of our legal counsel. ROSS: Okay. Can you hear me through this mike? RAY: Yes. • ROSS: Okay. Mr. Chairman and members, I regard the Charter as the Constitution of the County. It is the most important legal document that we have, and feel that over the years, it has not been handled that way. This meeting, for instance, and I'II try to point it out because there are improvements possible. There are more hearings coming up. I would rather see this hearing called a public informational meeting, or something like that. It's just a suggestion. Other Commissions have done that, and it takes a lot of confusion away, but that's up to you. It has been announced as a hearing and, as such, you missed, in the newspaper, the requirement under Statute 92-41, that the subject matter must be indicated in the ad in the official paper. It isn't. This meeting, in a sense, this hearing, in a sense, is illegal because of that ad, - and there are couple of other things. RAY: as well. We ran multiple. We also ran ads in the Midweek flyer publication, ROSS: Yeah, I can't read that, Mr. Chairman. RAY: Just to let you know, we ran extra ads that were not required. ROSS: I have them with me because I was planning, you know, with a magnifying glass, to go over it, but that is not a proper publication, as far as I'm 4