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On February 12, 2018 2:17:51 PM EST, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Daniel Robbins <drobbins@××××××.org> |
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>wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> |
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>wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Daniel Robbins |
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><drobbins@××××××.org> |
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>>> wrote: |
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>>> > |
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>>> > Ironically, being open and responsive to tinfoil-esque comments |
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>actually |
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>>> > will do a great deal to dispel tinfoil-esque paranoia going |
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>forward. |
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>>> > |
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>>> While that seems like a reasonable hypothesis, I fear that it isn't |
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>>> well-established with data. |
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>>> In any case I support being open just to be open, and so far the |
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>>> people who have been in dual-roles have chosen to recuse themselves, |
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>>> so this seems mostly like a hypothetical argument. |
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>> I'd prefer an option to opt out rather than a mandatory stepping |
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>down, but I |
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>> am not outright opposed to it. I have no gory details of naughty |
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>things |
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>> guiding my viewpoint, just trusting that if WilliamH has concerns, |
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>others |
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>> probably do too. |
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>To be clear, I prefer the status quo, which is that Council members |
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>can recuse themselves if they want to but are under no obligation to |
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>do so. I was just pointing out that since everybody is already doing |
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>this who would be affected a policy change wouldn't have much |
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>practical effect. |
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You make a lot of bold claims. If only they were true. There is definitely one council member who has said they WILL NOT recuse themselves from a council vote if a conflict arose. They even went on to quote the lack of policy forcing them to recuse themselves. |
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>Personally I disagree with the decisions of these Council members to |
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>recuse themselves, and if I were ever in that position I would not |
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>recuse myself unless I had personal involvement in the case. I don't |
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>see it coming up anytime soon, not least of which because I'm |
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>currently on none of the affected teams. |
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>But, one of the benefits of democracy is that we get to shoot |
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>ourselves in the foot if we prefer... :) |
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