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all of us should feel similarly, that the results of the commission represent a progressive step towards a more responsive and responsible government. (para) I believe that the commission ' s work was not without error. I have noted some comments which I believe future commissions should take into consideration. i ask that said comments be filed with the minutes of the commission. (para) I , again, wish to thank you and all of the other commissioners for having had the opportunity to share in this experience and for having had the opportunity to get to know all of you personally. I found it to be most rewarding and memorable. (para) Good luck to all of you and may God bless all of you. . .Sincerely, Richard T. Ishida. " Now the comments on the 1979 Charter Commission, this is what Richard Ishida wrote "( 1) I believe that any future charter review commission should investigate into the feasibility of employing a full time salaried staff member, excluding the secretary and attorney which may remain part- time, who is familiar with the operation of a government and whose principle duties are to research and gather information for the commission, draft new proposed provisions and being responsible for the care of all records so that the commission will be kept well informed on every and all subjects when discussed. ( 2) i believe that future commissions should conduct two sets of public hearings. The first to gather input prior to adopting any proposed changes and the second to hearremarks to proposed changes tentatively adopted by the commission. I believe if the first review commission had done this, we would have received the clear objections to the three proposals which were defeated. Also, we would not have had the problems we were faced concerning the council make up proposal. ( 3) Hold charter elections together with general elections. While the first charter review commission' s decision to hold an off year special election so as not to detract from the importance of charter proposals, the apathetic attitude of the citizens do not warrant the county incurring the substantial cost of a special election. In spite of the media controversy experienced just prior to the special election, which brought attention of the special election to the citizens, the turnout was most disappointing. " These are the proposals that Richard has made to us. (Communication 104, attached. ) I 'm sure all of us have our own personal feelingstowardthe special election and what has transpired. That' s all under the bridge now. I , for one, too, would like to express my appreciation to all of you people for serving on the commission and to personally know all of you. I think it was most challenging for me to sit as chairman of the commission. We had our ups and downs in this and we had all kinds of legal situations that had to be taken care of. All of us had our own personal feelings about certain matters pertaining -to the amendments, but, I think it was most gratifying to me that all of us worked these out. We all worked together and brought what we thought was best for the county and we did present it to the people, the electorate, and it was their desire that the amendments should be accepted, or not, according to the votes. -3-