[00:00:01] GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT IS [CALL TO ORDER] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AND THE TIME IS 9 A.M.. WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT COUNTY COUNCIL JOE LARMER AND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S OFFICE, STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, MARCY WINSTEAD. AND IN THE FOYER, MIRANDA ANGEL. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A REGULAR SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ONLY THE ITEMS LISTED IN TODAY'S AGENDA, AND SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT BEGINS. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS BLANKENSHIP. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARDROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101. THOSE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE THROUGH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S WEBSITE. THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTIONS, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD. ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED. STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARDROOM IS ACCEPTABLE SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS. MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE, RECORD OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO SET UP EQUIPMENT FROM THE DESIGNATED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH WINDOW. SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BLANKENSHIP. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND. AND THIS WILL BE LED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. OKAY, WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO OUR ONE ITEM OR ONE, [R1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): Name of Case: Jane Doe v. County of Shasta et al., Shasta County Superior Court Case No. 209919] WHICH IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION. MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO. CHAIR, GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT. WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS, SO IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. AND FIRST UP WE HAVE CAROL, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARNIER, BEVERLY, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. CAROL, COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING BOARD. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL. AND MY CONCERN AND THE ITEM THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR PETITION, THE BALLOT MEASURE NUMBER B, LETTER B. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR JUNE AND IT HAS TO DO WITH VOTER ID AND WITH SAME DAY VOTING. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE BALLOT. AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT BECAUSE THE CITIZENS WE HAD 10,000 SIGNATURES, ONLY 7000 WERE REQUIRED. BUT 10,000 VOTERS IN SHASTA COUNTY VOTED FOR THIS. AND SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO SUPPORT THAT MEASURE BEING ON THE BALLOT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FOR THIS, HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION, AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO JUST KEEP GOING AND KEEP SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY BEVERLY DOLORES LUCERO, THEN LAURA HOBBS. BASICALLY, THIS INITIATIVE IS A TRAIN WRECK. IT'S A TITANIC HITTING AN ICEBERG. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU SUPERVISORS ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT. AND I THINK A COUPLE DON'T. BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT THE HOBBS LAD INITIATIVE IS ILL LEGAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT. PERHAPS COUNSEL LARMER COULD ARTICULATE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. AS I SAW HIM DO IN COURT ONCE, BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EXTREME FAR RIGHT MAGA IS HARMING OUR COUNTY. AND THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THIS PROJECTED MILLION DOLLAR HOBBS LADD COURT BATTLE, PAID FOR BY COUNTY TAXPAYERS HAS ALREADY COST US OVER $100,000 SO FAR. WHILE HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING, WORKING TWO JOBS DON'T HAVE A LIVING WAGE, WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE BEING PENALIZED WITH SUBSTANDARD WAGE. WHILE KIDS IN THIS COUNTY ARE CUT OFF OF FOOD AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND ARE. INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO FALL APART. LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHILE ROV KURTIS HAS BEEN PROTECTED BY THIS BOARD, [00:05:08] WHO HE CALLS IDIOTS. THAT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL IN THE RIVERSIDE RECORD. HE ALSO SAID HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THE HOBBS LAD INITIATIVE. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE HE EXPECTS CONGRESS OR THE SUPREME COURT OR THE ADJUDICATED RAPIST TRUMP TO OVERRIDE CALIFORNIA'S LAWS ELECTION LAWS. LET THE PEOPLE KNOW OF SHASTA COUNTY THAT THIS BOARD IS PAID FOR BY THE CITIZENS, BY THE TAXPAYERS OF SHASTA COUNTY. AND WHAT YOU DO HERE TODAY MUST BE TRANSPARENT. THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU SUPERVISORS APPROVE OF BREAKING THE LAW AND WHICH ONE OF YOU DON'T. THAT'S WHY I'M ISSUING THE CPR, ASKING FOR THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S LEGAL CONFERENCE. BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS SOME OF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE AND SOME AREN'T. BUT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. REPORT OUT WHAT SUPERVISOR VOTED FOR, WHAT AND HOW. IF YOU DON'T GIVE THE INFORMATION, I HOPE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, BEVERLY, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, LAURA HOBBS, THEN LINDA GLASS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO READ SO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM. JUST A SHORT SCRIPTURE. GALATIANS FIVE ONE STAND FAST, THEREFORE, IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE, AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE. I THINK THIS PETITION HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OUR FREEDOMS. I SIGNED THE PETITION. I PUT MY NAME DOWN, MY ADDRESS, MY SIGNATURE. I EYE WAS NOT ANONYMOUS. I THINK ANONYMOUS IS THROUGH A SPIRIT OF FEAR. AND IF IT'S INTIMIDATION, I HOPE THAT IT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO MOTIVATE YOU ON YOUR DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. I REMEMBER BEING ON THE PURPLE TIER HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. IF ANYONE'S FORGOTTEN ALL THE DIFFERENT COLOR CODES THAT OUR GOVERNOR PUT ON US, PURPLE TIER VERY MUCH RESTRICTED OUR FREEDOMS. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE AGAIN. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT. YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED A PETITION PUT THEIR NAME DOWN AND THEIR ADDRESS AND THEIR SIGNATURE AND SAID, WE WANT TO PUSH BACK ON. YES, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WHEN WE SIGN THAT. WE ALREADY KNEW THAT OUR GOVERNMENT, THEY DID. THEY DID SOMETHING VERY BAD TO US. THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO RESTRICT YOU AND WE NEED TO PUSH BACK AND SAY, NO, WE DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. WE DO NOT CONSENT. SO PLEASE HEAR THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNTY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY LAURA. EXCUSE ME. LAURA HOBBS, LINDA GLASS, AND JIM BURNETT. TWO RIGHTS, TWO WRONGS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. TWO RIGHTS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE THING. WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO? YOU ACTUALLY ACTUALLY WHAT CLINT CURTIS SAID ABOUT YOU GUYS. IDIOTS. YOU ARE IDIOTS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE WHOLE PICTURE ABOUT THOSE TEN 000 SIGNATURES. MAYBE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE NOT. THOSE SIGNATURES ARE A VOID. THEY DID NOT COLLECT THE SIGNATURES WHEN WE WERE A CHARTER. WE DID NOT BECOME A CHARTER INTO A YEAR LATER. SO FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION, I HOPE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO GATHERED SIGNATURES WERE MISLED, THAT WE WERE CHARTERED, WE WEREN'T CHARTERED. SO THOSE SIGNATURES ARE NOT VALID. HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? YOU WANT TO GO DOWN WITH CLINT CURTIS? I GOT NO PROBLEM. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCES. MISLEADING THE PEOPLE. I WANT JUSTICE, I WANT FAIR ELECTION, BUT I'LL BE DAMNED TO HAVE FREAKING CLINT CURTIS TO RUN THE DAMN ELECTION LIKE THE WAY HE'S BEEN RUNNING IT. IF YOU DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SINCE YOU APPOINTED HIM, YOU NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE HIM ACCOUNTABLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE HE'S. HE'S YOUR GUY. BECAUSE YOU APPOINTED HIM. YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK. YOU STILL NEED TO DISCIPLINE HIM. IT'S JUST LIKE A CHILD. YOU HAVE TO DISCIPLINE A CHILD WHEN HE DOES SOMETHING WRONG AND ALSO SAY, HEY, YOU DID SOMETHING GOOD, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE THE BACKBONE TO DO IT. DON'T HESITATE TO DO NOT TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LAURA HUPP COME UP HERE AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED. YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WANT IS FAIR, BUT WE DON'T NEED SOMEBODY LIKE LAURA HUB, [00:10:05] WHO WE KNOW FOR DAMN SURE 100%, WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT SHE IS TAMPERING WITH THE BALLOTS, JUST BEING IN THERE IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT REGARDLESS BECAUSE SHE FILED A LAWSUIT. LEGALLY, IT'S PROHIBITED FOR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY FILED A LAWSUIT TO BE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, TO BE COUNTING BALLOTS, TO BE IN THERE ALONE WHEN SOMEBODY WENT IN THERE THE LAST TIME TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR. SHE CAME TO THE DOOR AND SHE WAS IN THERE ALONE. SHE HAS A KEY AND EVERYTHING. YOU GUYS DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE FREAKING ALLOWING TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTY. AND YOU TALK ABOUT CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOM. WE'RE GOING TO GET SCREWED. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BRING DOWN. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE THE COUNTY TO BE UNDER THE STATE. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT IS SO BAD. YOU DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO HAVE CLINT CURTIS. HE'S A DEMOCRAT. YOU PUT A DEMOCRAT IN THERE. I DON'T GET IT. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? YOU'RE NOT A REPUBLICAN. LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY LINDA GLASS, THEN JIM BURNETT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MIKE PICKED THAT UP, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WANT TO SAY THAT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. WITHOUT KNOWING THAT WE THE PEOPLE, ACTUALLY ELECT AND PUT IN PLACE EVERYBODY WHO REPRESENTS US, WE ARE NOT A WE'RE NOT EVEN FREE A FREE PEOPLE. SO THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN OVERWHELMINGLY. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE SIGNED OUR PETITION. THE THINGS THEY WANT IS A VOTER ID, SAME DAY ELECTION RESULTS. THEY WANT TO HAVE FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS WITH CLEAN VOTER ROLLS. THESE ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. AND 80/80 PERCENT OF AMERICANS, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, WANT THESE THINGS. SO RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD TIME. YOU'RE IN A GOOD PLACE TO BE STANDING HERE AND FIGHTING FOR THESE THINGS, FIGHTING FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, FOR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ELECTED YOU TO DO, TO REPRESENT THEM. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE ALONG THAT SAME PATH THAT YOU'RE HEADING IN NOW IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHO JANE DOE IS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK IF SHE'S GOING TO BE REPRESENTING HERSELF, THOUGH I SUSPECT THAT JANE DOE MAY BE OUR VERY OWN DOLORES LOSER. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S HER OR NOT, BUT IT DEFINITELY FALLS IN LINE WITH HER MODUS OPERANDI WHERE SHE IS ACCUSING EVERYBODY OF BREAKING LAWS, FALSELY SLANDERING. ET CETERA. SO I HOPE THIS IS JUST A NOTHING LAWSUIT. AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO FEND IT OFF, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. LINDA GLASS, FOLLOWED BY JIM BURNETT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE THE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES. EITHER WE ARE FOR AMERICA AND OUR RIGHT TO GOVERN OURSELVES AS A CAPITALIST COUNTRY BASED ON TRUTH AND JUSTICE. ONE CITIZEN ID, ONE VOTE OR WE ARE AGAINST AMERICA. AND FOR THE FOUR CRIME FAMILIES THAT GOVERN US IN CALIFORNIA. AS A COMMUNIST CITY BASED ON LIES AND INJUSTICE, WITH NO ELECTION ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS TO CHINA, WE CAN CHOOSE TO STAND FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S PROSPERITY AND BUSINESS EDUCATION AND FAMILY HAPPINESS. OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO FALL TO THE COMMUNIST AGENDA. BURNING DOWN CITIES, MUTILATING CHILDREN, FAILED PUBLIC EDUCATION, TEACHING COMMUNIST THEORIES THAT DON'T WORK, KEEPING THE CRIME FAMILIES IN POWER? OR DO WE WANT HIGHER TAXES, HIGHER PRICES, LOWER WAGES, THE DEBT SLAVE MODEL? OR DO WE WANT ONE CITIZEN WITH ID ONE VOTE TO BRING BACK AND KEEP PROSPERITY, LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS? IN READING AND IN SHASTA COUNTY THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. THERE ARE ONLY TWO. LET YOU BE THE JUDGE AND MAY GOD HELP YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR BACKBONE TO STAND UP FOR AMERICA. NEXT UP, JIM BURNETT AND CHAIR. [00:15:04] THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A FEW OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WAY THIS IS HANDLED. AND R1 IS A CLOSED SESSION ITEM. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY PLEASE REMOVE IT OFF OF CLOSED SESSION. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS AIRED OUT IN PUBLIC. A RARE MOMENT OF AGREEMENT WITH CHRISTIAN HERE. I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS THINK, HOW YOU SPEAK AND HOW YOU VOTE ON THE MATTER. SO THAT'S MY FIRST REQUEST. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE MORE DESCRIPTION IN THESE CLOSED SESSION CASES. IT LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW I HAD TO LOOK AT SHASTA SCOUT TO SEE WHAT THE HECK THIS WAS ALL ABOUT. JANE DOE VERSUS THE COUNTY DOESN'T TELL ME MUCH AT ALL. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THERE SHOULD BE A WAY THAT THERE CAN BE MORE EXPLANATION SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DISCUSSING. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE MEDIA SOURCES TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. WITH THAT, I'LL GO ON WITH WITH THIS AND, YOU KNOW, TEN 000 SIGNATURES DOES SHOW GREAT PUBLIC SUPPORT HERE IN LITTLE OLD SHASTA COUNTY. IF ANYTHING IS DEMOCRATIC, IT'S THE PEOPLE GOING OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS AND ALSO STANDING IN FRONT OF BIG STORES GATHERING SIGNATURES. SO FOR THIS TO BE WAYLAID BY THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT TO ME BY SOME UNKNOWN PARTY WOULD BE A REAL TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE. THE FIRST AMENDMENT, OF COURSE, GUARANTEES THAT WE CAN PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. AND IT'S NOT YOUR JOB OR. JANE. JANE. I KNEW I'D DO THAT. IT'S NOT YOUR JOB OR JANE DOE'S JOB TO DO A PRE-ELECTION REVIEW OF OUR INITIATIVE ABOUT WHETHER IT BE SUBJECT TO LAWSUITS. VIRTUALLY EVERY PROPOSAL, WHETHER IT IS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR GOVERNMENT, WILL FIRST BE MET BY LEGAL CHALLENGES. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THINKING AND CALCULATING THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME AFTER YOU AND TRY TO STOP IT BEFORE IT'S EVEN STARTED. SO THIS LAWSUIT IS IRRELEVANT NOW, AND IT SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON THE MATTER. IF WE LET THE FEAR OF LAWSUITS STOP US, THEN NOTHING COULD EVER CHANGE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ARGUMENT IS THIS. BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION. FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA PROTECT OUR RIGHTS TO PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT WHEN OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES CANNOT OR WILL NOT CHANGE THE LAW. THIS IS SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT THAT IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING. OF COURSE, LEGAL CHALLENGES COST MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT OUR FAULT. IT'S THE FAULT OF A TYRANNICAL STATE THAT HAS ACTUALLY DEFORMED OUR ELECTIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES. THEY WORKED FINE, AND THEY DEFORMED THEM AND MADE IT EASIER TO CHEAT BY BY PASSING REALLY NONSENSE LAWS LIKE NOT REQUIRING VOTER ID. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY. OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE DOWN THIS LAWSUIT. THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. MRS. BRIDGETT. YES, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. YES. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, OH, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SUPERVISOR. CRYE. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO. COUNSEL LARMER. YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU YESTERDAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AS I THINK IT'S RELEVANT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS DO I, WOULD I MAKE A MOTION? IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT OR AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I CARE MOST ABOUT IS WHAT WE REPORT OUT AND HOW IT'S REPORTED OUT AND HOW IT'S ARTICULATED. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING THIS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND JUST DISCUSS HERE. OKAY. I'M PERSONALLY, I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR BRINGING THIS OUT, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL ON IT FIRST AND GET IT EXPLAINED TO US BEFORE WE CAN. I MEAN, THAT'S MY OPINION. I JUST AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING TRANSPARENT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM STATING HOW I VOTE IN THERE. BUT I THINK THAT WE'D I'D PREFER TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL FIRST AND JUST HAVE IT EXPLAINED TO US BEFORE WE DO THAT. I MEAN, IT'S PENDING LITIGATION, SO I DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP THE COUNTY FOR ANY UNDUE RISK. IF THERE'S NO SECOND, IT'S OKAY. OKAY. I JUST KNOW I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY FEELINGS ON IT. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SEEING LACK OF A SECOND, IT DIES. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HALF AN HOUR. I'LL SAY WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 930. THANK YOU. ARE WE READY? ALL RIGHT. RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION. COUNSEL LARMER. [REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION] DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? WE DO. MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR ITEM R ONE WAS HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD VOTED 4 TO 1 WITH SUPERVISOR CRYE DISSENTING. THAT THE BOARD VOTED TO TAKE NO POSITION IN THE LAWSUIT AND ALLOW THE COURT TO MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THE FILINGS. [00:20:04] THANK YOU. COUNSEL LARMER. ANYBODY IN QUEUE? NOPE. OKAY. I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.