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WAS THIS INTENDED? I SEEMS SO TO ME! IT IS INTERESTING HOW QUICKLY THIS COUNCIL COULD ACT ON THIS MATTER AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING: READING OUT AN UNSIGNED, UNVERIFIED (AS TO ISSUES AND ORIGINATOR) COMPLAINT ASSERTED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE BEEN SECRETLY SLIPPED UNDER HER DOOR JUST PRIOR TO THE MEETING. THEN, TO ADD DRAMA FOR THE CAMERAS AND PRESS, THE COUNCIL INSISTED ON INVESTIGATION BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF! ALL OF THIS WITHOUT PROVIDING FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF MYSELF OR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE H.P.C. THESE ACTIONS, SO PUBLICLY TAKEN, WERE IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE DATA PRACTICES ACT REQUIRES CLOSURE OF A MEETING FOR PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION OF ALLEGATIONS OR CHARGES AGAINST AN INDIVIDUALS) SUBJECT TO COUNCIL AUTHORITY. ON THE OTHER HAND, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE MAYOR RECEIVED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE AUDITOR FOR INVESTIGATION OF STATUTORY VIOLATIONS IN THE HANDLING OF CITY FUNDS BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR YET HE DECIDED TO WITHHOLD ALL MENTION OF THAT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I PRESUME THE CITY ATTORNEY, STATING THAT HE HAD SOME DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO DO SO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILMAN MOTTAZ, EXPOSURE, AT THE SEP. 19 COUNCIL MEETING, OF THIS UNLAWFUL INACTION WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED BY THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS! I DEMAND THAT MY RESPONSE BE ACCORDED THE SAME URGENCY AND PUBLICITY AS THAT OF LEE HUNT'S ALLEGATIONS! FURTHER, I DEMAND THAT MY RESPONSE BE MADE A PART OF ANY AND ALL RECORDS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF MR. HUNT'S SO-CALLED COMPLAINT! I RESERVE MY RIGHTS TO BRING ACTION AGAINST THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ABRIDGING MY RIGHTS AND THOSE OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE H.P.C. UNDER THE DATA PRACTICES ACT AND MY RIGHT TO INSIST ON COUNTY ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION OF CONSPIRATORIAL ACTION TO DEFEAT MY CANDIDACY FOR CITY COUNCIL! SUSAN L. JOHNSON CHAIR, HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION