[CRNMC] Need for an experienced legal advisor

[Steve Scalmanini]

Your computer must know magic, Agnes.  That URL isn't valid from mine.  
Steve 
 

     On Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:23 PM, "agnes at mcn.org" <agnes at mcn.org> wrote:
   
 
 Try this url:
http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks.htm
under the window at the right click on Final Draft Mendocino County
charter.pdf It's charter #12, but needs to be updated to charter #14.

Agnes


> Doesn't work here, either,
> Sandy
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Lanny Cotler <lcotler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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