County commission. , and you know, were about to i love you, man. Were about to approve a resolution that has not been out there, you know. I thought that we could approve a statement that says our general feeling, you know, kind of a motion that, that, you know, conveys that, look, this is how we are. But to sit here and craft a motion, you know, we cant do that, brother. We cant do it, and im concerned im concerned that if we did do that and it was a motion it was a resolution that we crafted here that, you know, had not been brown acted or anything, im concerned how anybody would take it, you know, the legitimacy of it. So, like i said, and im concerned about the time, you know. Youre brilliant, and even you are struggling to put everything together. And then when you do it, its going to be and even when you do it, its going to be on a tablet. I have really good penmanship. Not from where i sit. [laughter] but let me ask you, before we hear from other folks, im going to come back an
Out there, you know. I thought that we could approve a statement that says our general feeling, you know, kind of a motion that, that, you know, conveys that, look, this is how we are. But to sit here and craft a motion, you know, we cant do that, brother. We cant do it, and im concerned im concerned that if we did do that and it was a motion it was a resolution that we crafted here that, you know, had not been brown acted or anything, im concerned how anybody would take it, you know, the legitimacy of it. So, like i said, and im concerned about the time, you know. Youre brilliant, and even you are struggling to put everything together. And then when you do it, its going to be and even when you do it, its going to be on a tablet. I have really good penmanship. Not from where i sit. [laughter] but let me ask you, before we hear from other folks, im going to come back and ask whats our statement . Any other thoughts from commission colleagues . Are we satisfied with where the program is
Josh, president , i love you. I love you dearly. We cant do this. [laughter] ill be you know, and if we are even if we were, then i think that we have said stated what it is that we care about. And you in your infinite lawyer brain need to either spit this out and write it down or we need to, you know, or we cant do it like this. [multiple voices] right, were a city and county commission. , and you know, were about to i love you, man. Were about to approve a resolution that has not been out there, you know. I thought that we could approve a statement that says our general feeling, you know, kind of a motion that, that, you know, conveys that, look, this is how we are. But to sit here and craft a motion, you know, we cant do that, brother. We cant do it, and im concerned im concerned that if we did do that and it was a motion it was a resolution that we crafted here that, you know, had not been brown acted or anything, im concerned how anybody would take it, you know, the legitimacy of
~ commissioner arce yes. Okay, go ahead. As we speak, im trying to put together some thoughts. Commissioner king. That was already. Im sorry. Commissioner wald. Im just trying to figure out how important it is. It seems to me its a mistake. It may be more important than i thought it was before, but its also not its not the be all and end all. We could get a rate. It could be 15 cents. It could be 30 cents. But that doesnt mean that people like eric and his colleague and you, chairman arce, in your day life, and the rest of us in our Commission Life can walk away. It is not the end of the battle. And, so, i dont want us to overemphasize its importance because that will lull us into a false sense of security that we dont have more work to do together to get the program that we want. So, if we could Say Something like we would favor a rate that will maximize the amount of money thats available for local buildout while not being so high as im making this up and people who know me know you
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