[CRNMC] Need for an experienced legal advisor

[Sandra Marshall]

Nope, this is what I get:

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On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Lanny Cotler <lcotler at gmail.com> wrote:

> URL doesn't work for me.
> Others?
>
> On Nov 23, 2014, at 11:23 PM, 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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