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Minutes of a Public Hearing On Proposed Charter Review Revisions 8-10-10 Page 16 Mayor Rinker, Law Director Diemert, Members of Council, Mr. Buckholtz, the Charter Committee and friends and neighbors here in the Village, I thank you very much' for the opportunity to come before you tonight and speak freely about the suggested Charter amendments. I cherish the rights I have as an American citizen and I desire to keep them intact. Thank you. The audience applauded. Council President Buckholtz thanked Ms. Bodnar. I just met Ms. Bodnar and allowed her more than 3-5 minutes because I know she speaks for many people. If anyone wants their name just attached to that, you don't have to do this, but you are welcome to, either after the meeting, give your name and address to Mrs. Betsa. Or circulate a piece of paper now if you want with everyone's name and address and we will make sure that it is in the Minutes of the meeting, if that's fine. The audience is still allowed to make comments. That really says a lot. Barnev Schwenzer Sandalwood Drive I am for what she had mentioned, both parts. I want to use one additional example of trying to emphasize what she is saying. I know of a friend that has an airplane and he would always take this time to put a prop lock on it. And I asked him, I said, well why are you putting a prop lock on it? He goes, well, if you look at that airplane or my airplane, which one do you think the thief is going to take, the one that's easy and get things through or the one that's hard? Now, in a sense, as a citizen, I want the right to be able to say I want to choose on this and hey business, if you don't want to wait to come here, you have the right to go where you want_ It's your right too. That's all I'm saying and thank you very much and thank you (referring to Ms Bodnar) for explaining it so well. The audience applauded: Dona Kless Thornapple Drive I have been in the Village for 14 years, I think, something like that. While I realize nobody wants to take away my right to vote, they are taking away my ability to vote on something very important to me with the rezoning issue. I don't think that Mayfield Village has great tracts of land that we have to worry about people wanting to come in and develop, but there are various empty lots, unoccupied homes on the major thoroughfares of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Road and I can see somebody coming in and saying, Oh, I can do this for the Village and I can bring this income to the Village and all these wonderful things can happen for the Village. It's not going to be really good for the people who live around there and I think we all should have