[CRNMC] Need for an experienced legal advisor

[Lanny Cotler]

Agnes,

Would you check the url you gave. It didn't work for me.

Did it work for others?

Lanny


On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:09 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> The Public banking coalition has created a County Charter compiling parts
> from established Counties with Charters. Ellen Rosser of point Arena and
> Robin Sunbeam are the principle co-authors. Our #14 draft County Charter
> can be found at www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks/htm
> 
> 
>> Hello community rights friends,
>> 
>> I agree Lanny, we do need to do some strategic planning at this point in
>> time. But I think it is too early in the process to fix the directions we
>> should take. We urgently need more research. So as much as I like the
>> sound of my four examples, I would not recommend that these four examples
>> be the starting points for four committees. Committees of this nature may
>> come later, but we need to arrive at the point where there is some
>> agreement among the primary players that these are the directions in which
>> we (CRNMC) should go.
>> 
>> We urgently need the assistance of an attorney who knows about home rule
>> charters, someone who can advise us about the desirability of becoming a
>> home rule county. I am not an attorney, and therefore I cannot offer legal
>> advice on this topic. This is a legal matter, and given the complexity of
>> this issue, it is highly recommended that we be working with at least one
>> attorney. We also need to speak with those who have done this before,
>> those who have been part of efforts to bring home rule laws to their
>> county. Let's learn from them, take their directions, and hopefully also
>> avoid their mistakes.
>> 
>> I asked Shannon about who we could contact regarding home rule charters,
>> and she referred me to LAFCO (which I believe refers to the Local Agency
>> Formation Commission). I tried to do some research on this but on the web
>> got lost in a deluge of information. Does anybody have experience with
>> LAFCO? Perhaps they know of another organization that could advise us
>> about home rule charters at this point in time?
>> 
>> /s/ Charles
>> 
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