October 15, 2007

JUST HOW DOES THE CHARTER COMMISSION OPERATE. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE

Today, October 11, 2007, I plan to present to the charter commission 3307 signed petitions for a change to the City Charter to be put on the November 2008 ballot in order for the Memphis voters to say YES or NO to this proposal. John Lunt and John Malmo tried to present these petitions two weeks ago to the Charter Commission but were refused permission to make the presentation by George Brown. John Lunt is the person who was responsible for the formation of the Charter Commission. For this meeting, I asked all the member of the Charter Commission for permission to present these signed petitions and you see the response from George Brown. The maximum number of petitions for a particular item up to this presentation is 28. I have attached a sample of these new petitions and a copy of the Charter Commissions totals of previous petitions.

Regards, Joe Saino

Here is the email response from George Brown to Joe Saino

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: GBrown79@aol.com < GBrown79@aol.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2007 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: Petitions to be presented to charter commission
To: joe.saino@gmail.com
Cc: sjc@sylviajcox.com


Mr. Saino you may deliver your petitions to the commission, however, our procedure is that while you may attend the meetings you shall not be allowed to address the Commission. Thank you for your interest. George H. Brown, Jr.

Click here to see a sample of the over 3000 petitions signed by Memphis voters wanting to vote YES or NO on this change to the City Charter

Click here to see the number and types of charter commission recommendations they have received from the public to date

Click here to see the number and types of charter commission recommendations they have received from the city council and other city officials