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Page 27 <br />1 nothing wrong with the procedure, so I don't see what <br />2 all this hullabaloo is all about, quite frankly. What <br />3 was wrong with the procedure? We corrected things that <br />4 were wrong for ten years. We corrected the inversion <br />5 of salaries. We did that in three months, where the <br />6 previous ten years they couldn't deal with that. So <br />7 all of a sudden, the County Council heard a little bit <br />8 of a uproar because of the 30 percent increases, which <br />9 <br />they got as well; <br />and their response was not to <br />say <br />10 <br />anything about the 30 percent being outrageous, <br />which <br />11 <br />they could have, <br />because they could have refused <br />to <br />12 <br />have taken those <br />pay raises themselves, which we <br />know <br />13 <br />that's not going <br />to happen. So, instead, we go <br />through <br />14 <br />a costly process <br />of trying to correct a process <br />that <br />15 <br />worked perfectly. <br />And so, here we are wasting all <br />this <br />16 <br />time, money, and <br />from what I can see is that the <br />new <br />17 changes to the charter that they're proposing, based on <br />18 Bill's testimony a couple of meetings ago, is only <br />19 going to do one thing, and that is raise the cost of <br />20 government. <br />21 So, that's what I would like to see in our <br />22 answer to Douglass Shipman Adams. I think he wants <br />23 some additional input. That's my input. <br />24 MR. PAVAO: And for whatever reason, I <br />25 totally agree with Mr. Higgins. <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />