<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71271"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71272">Your computer must know magic, Agnes. That URL isn't valid from mine. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71273" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71272">Steve <br> </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71270" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71261" style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71260" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71259" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71268" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71269" face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:23 PM, "agnes@mcn.org" <agnes@mcn.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71258" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71257" class="y_msg_container">Try this url:<br clear="none"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416802952664_71262" shape="rect" href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks.htm</a><br clear="none">under the window at the right click on Final Draft Mendocino County<br clear="none">charter.pdf It's charter #12, but needs to be updated to charter #14.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Agnes<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Doesn't work here, either,<br clear="none">> Sandy<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Lanny Cotler <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lcotler@gmail.com" href="mailto:lcotler@gmail.com">lcotler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> Agnes,<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Would you check the url you gave. It didn't work for me.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Did it work for others?<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Lanny<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:09 PM, <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:agnes@mcn.org" href="mailto:agnes@mcn.org">agnes@mcn.org</a> wrote:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> > The Public banking coalition has created a County Charter compiling<br clear="none">>> parts<br clear="none">>> > from established Counties with Charters. Ellen Rosser of point Arena<br clear="none">>> and<br clear="none">>> > Robin Sunbeam are the principle co-authors. Our #14 draft County<br clear="none">>> Charter<br clear="none">>> > can be found at www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks/htm<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >> Hello community rights friends,<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> I agree Lanny, we do need to do some strategic planning at this point<br clear="none">>> in<br clear="none">>> >> time. But I think it is too early in the process to fix the<br clear="none">>> directions<br clear="none">>> we<br clear="none">>> >> should take. We urgently need more research. So as much as I like the<br clear="none">>> >> sound of my four examples, I would not recommend that these four<br clear="none">>> examples<br clear="none">>> >> be the starting points for four committees. Committees of this nature<br clear="none">>> may<br clear="none">>> >> come later, but we need to arrive at the point where there is some<br clear="none">>> >> agreement among the primary players that these are the directions in<br clear="none">>> which<br clear="none">>> >> we (CRNMC) should go.<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> We urgently need the assistance of an attorney who knows about home<br clear="none">>> rule<br clear="none">>> >> charters, someone who can advise us about the desirability of<br clear="none">>> becoming a<br clear="none">>> >> home rule county. I am not an attorney, and therefore I cannot offer<br clear="none">>> legal<br clear="none">>> >> advice on this topic. This is a legal matter, and given the<br clear="none">>> complexity<br clear="none">>> of<br clear="none">>> >> this issue, it is highly recommended that we be working with at least<br clear="none">>> one<br clear="none">>> >> attorney. We also need to speak with those who have done this before,<br clear="none">>> >> those who have been part of efforts to bring home rule laws to their<br clear="none">>> >> county. Let's learn from them, take their directions, and hopefully<br clear="none">>> also<br clear="none">>> >> avoid their mistakes.<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> I asked Shannon about who we could contact regarding home rule<br clear="none">>> charters,<br clear="none">>> >> and she referred me to LAFCO (which I believe refers to the Local<br clear="none">>> Agency<br clear="none">>> >> Formation Commission). I tried to do some research on this but on the<br clear="none">>> web<br clear="none">>> >> got lost in a deluge of information. Does anybody have experience<br clear="none">>> with<br clear="none">>> >> LAFCO? Perhaps they know of another organization that could advise us<br clear="none">>> >> about home rule charters at this point in time?<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> /s/ Charles<br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> >> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> >> crn mailing list<br clear="none">>> >> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">>> >> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><div class="yqt0713006703" id="yqtfd26918"><br clear="none">>> >><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> > crn mailing list<br clear="none">>> > <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">>> > <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> crn mailing list<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> crn mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">crn mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>