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3) As I just mentioned in my 2nd complaint Charter Commission members questioned billings for the city attorneys. This was to try to discredit not only the petition but I also believe to cast a shadow of suspension on City Hall. Once again this is way out of bounds and highly inappropriate behavior for the Charter Commission. 4) Minutes for the 9/10/08 Charter Commission meeting were not released in a timely manner. These minutes were critical for the people in this election to understand the deliberation that the Charter Commission went through in examining the Petition to adapt Statute 429. Minutes from the 9/10 meeting of the Charter Commission conveniently will not be available until Jan 2009. This was the only meeting where the "Citizens for Safer Roads" petition was discussed by the Charter Commission. It wasn't discussed at the 8/23 meeting and the 10/9 meeting was cancelled. It doesn't seem possible that in one meeting the Charter Commission: first discussed the 429 referendum; never consulted with petitioners or City Hall about the petition; fully understood the differences between 429 and the Charter; decided against 429; decided to campaign against the referendum; decided all the details of the campaign, website, signs and letter writings that then took place. If there were additional meetings, why were they not made public and where are the minutes as required by the Charter? 5) The Charter Commission did not do a full and complete examination of the petition submitted by "Citizens for Safer Roads" before deciding their course of action. If the only meeting on this topic was on 9/10 and no one from Citizens for Safer Roads, City Hall or any other outside source was consulted, then the Commission did not completely and properly examine this issue. 6) The Charter Commission may have violated Open Meeting laws. If there were additional meetings beyond 9/10 the Charter Commission needs to disclose this and provide minutes for these meetings. If there were additional meetings appropriate action should be take for this violation.