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much discretion we have. For example, in your proposed Section 7-1 .4 , powers , duties and functions , I don' t see it set out there that you have the authority to appoint the deputy director. LUKE: You ' re right , Mr. Chairman, it doesn' t appear here, but I have that authority under state law (inaudible) your assessment (inaudible) . BETHEA: Yeah. It seems to me that maybe we' re dealing here with a computer department that is controlled to a much greater degree by state law than, for example, other departments. And that maybe we should be, if we' re trying to achieve some long-term consistency with state law, maybe we need another sort of a complete wack at it to decide what functions are controlled by state law (inaudible) section. We might ask counsel to look at that. There may be some very short way to do this that. . .when you examine the state statutes , there may be a very simple way to accomplish all of this and have it responsive to state law changes over which we have no control . I don' t wanna skip over addressing the question that you raised about so many housekeeping things and how do we differentiate it when we are going to recommend changes in the Charter. I 've also worried about that because I think if we do our job carefully, they' re going to be lots of inconsistencies that should be ironed out. However, I think that ' s one of our functions , to try to iron them out , to try to clear up areas so that the County clerk doesn' t have to fumble around and try to come up and invent something. I frankly don' t know how to handle that either. I also came to the realization that no matter how well we do our job, all we can do is to recommend a specific change. And we may recommend a specific change that is not adopted. In which case, there is no alternate clearer language, and so we ' re gonna be back in the confusion. In other words , this commission can do the best job in the world of trying to end up with a clean document , but if certain provisions are rejected by the electorate, then they' re thrown back into the confused state that they are now. So I think all we can do is the best we can. But I have no ready answer to it; I thought (inaudible) . I 'm sorry for the interruption, and please proceed. LUKE: I might make one comment which. . . that is , it is true that we are governed by. . . largely by state law. However, anything in the Charter that does not conflict with state law, it ' s also applicable. And if the Charter, Article 7, is intended to serve as a guide from the County standpoint as to what the important duties of 362