<div dir="ltr">Doesn't work here, either,<div>Sandy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Lanny Cotler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lcotler@gmail.com" target="_blank">lcotler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Agnes,<br>
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Would you check the url you gave. It didn't work for me.<br>
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Did it work for others?<br>
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Lanny<br>
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:09 PM, <a href="mailto:agnes@mcn.org">agnes@mcn.org</a> wrote:<br>
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> The Public banking coalition has created a County Charter compiling parts<br>
> from established Counties with Charters. Ellen Rosser of point Arena and<br>
> Robin Sunbeam are the principle co-authors. Our #14 draft County Charter<br>
> can be found at <a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks/htm" target="_blank">www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks/htm</a><br>
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>> Hello community rights friends,<br>
>><br>
>> I agree Lanny, we do need to do some strategic planning at this point in<br>
>> time. But I think it is too early in the process to fix the directions we<br>
>> should take. We urgently need more research. So as much as I like the<br>
>> sound of my four examples, I would not recommend that these four examples<br>
>> be the starting points for four committees. Committees of this nature may<br>
>> come later, but we need to arrive at the point where there is some<br>
>> agreement among the primary players that these are the directions in which<br>
>> we (CRNMC) should go.<br>
>><br>
>> We urgently need the assistance of an attorney who knows about home rule<br>
>> charters, someone who can advise us about the desirability of becoming a<br>
>> home rule county. I am not an attorney, and therefore I cannot offer legal<br>
>> advice on this topic. This is a legal matter, and given the complexity of<br>
>> this issue, it is highly recommended that we be working with at least one<br>
>> attorney. We also need to speak with those who have done this before,<br>
>> those who have been part of efforts to bring home rule laws to their<br>
>> county. Let's learn from them, take their directions, and hopefully also<br>
>> avoid their mistakes.<br>
>><br>
>> I asked Shannon about who we could contact regarding home rule charters,<br>
>> and she referred me to LAFCO (which I believe refers to the Local Agency<br>
>> Formation Commission). I tried to do some research on this but on the web<br>
>> got lost in a deluge of information. Does anybody have experience with<br>
>> LAFCO? Perhaps they know of another organization that could advise us<br>
>> about home rule charters at this point in time?<br>
>><br>
>> /s/ Charles<br>
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